Re: ultra tiny characters on console

thanks a lot.
Here is full dmesg

elios# dmesg
console is keyboard/display
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OpenBSD 6.4 (GENERIC) #6: Fri Oct 12 09:27:44 MDT 2018
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real mem = 8589934592 (8192MB)
avail mem = 8423325696 (8033MB)
mpath0 at root
scsibus0 at mpath0: 256 targets
mainbus0 at root: Sun Ultra 45 Workstation
cpu0 at mainbus0: SUNW,UltraSPARC-IIIi (rev 3.4) @ 1600 MHz
cpu0: physical 32K instruction (32 b/l), 64K data (32 b/l), 1024K 
external (64 b/l)
"memory-controller" at mainbus0 not configured
pyro0 at mainbus0: "Fire", rev 3, ign 780, bus A 2 to 12
pyro0: dvma map c0000000-ffffffff
pci0 at pyro0
ppb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "PLX PEX 8532" rev 0xbc
pci1 at ppb0 bus 3
ppb1 at pci1 dev 1 function 0 "PLX PEX 8532" rev 0xbc
pci2 at ppb1 bus 4
ppb2 at pci2 dev 0 function 0 "Acer Labs M5249" rev 0x00
pci3 at ppb2 bus 5
ohci0 at pci3 dev 28 function 0 "Acer Labs M5237 USB" rev 0x03: ivec 
0x780, version 1.0, legacy support
ohci1 at pci3 dev 28 function 1 "Acer Labs M5237 USB" rev 0x03: ivec 
0x780, version 1.0, legacy support
ohci2 at pci3 dev 28 function 2 "Acer Labs M5237 USB" rev 0x03: ivec 
0x780, version 1.0, legacy support
ehci0 at pci3 dev 28 function 3 "Acer Labs M5239 USB2" rev 0x01: ivec 0x781
usb0 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0
uhub0 at usb0 configuration 1 interface 0 "Acer Labs EHCI root hub" rev 
2.00/1.00 addr 1
auacer0 at pci3 dev 29 function 0 "Acer Labs M5455 Audio" rev 0x21: ivec 
0x785
ac97: codec id 0x41445374 (Analog Devices AD1981B)
ac97: codec features headphone, 20 bit DAC, No 3D Stereo
audio0 at auacer0
alipm0 at pci3 dev 30 function 1 "Acer Labs M7101 Power" rev 0x00: can't 
map i/o space
pciide0 at pci3 dev 31 function 0 "Acer Labs M5229 UDMA IDE" rev 0xc8: 
DMA, channel 0 configured to native-PCI, channel 1 configured to native-PCI
pciide0: using ivec 0x784 for native-PCI interrupt
atapiscsi0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0
scsibus1 at atapiscsi0: 2 targets
cd0 at scsibus1 targ 0 lun 0: <TEAC, DV-W28SLC, 1.0C> ATAPI 5/cdrom 
removable
cd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2
pciide0: channel 1 disabled (no drives)
usb1 at ohci0: USB revision 1.0
uhub1 at usb1 configuration 1 interface 0 "Acer Labs OHCI root hub" rev 
1.00/1.00 addr 1
usb2 at ohci1: USB revision 1.0
uhub2 at usb2 configuration 1 interface 0 "Acer Labs OHCI root hub" rev 
1.00/1.00 addr 1
usb3 at ohci2: USB revision 1.0
uhub3 at usb3 configuration 1 interface 0 "Acer Labs OHCI root hub" rev 
1.00/1.00 addr 1
ppb3 at pci1 dev 2 function 0 "PLX PEX 8532" rev 0xbc
pci4 at ppb3 bus 6
ppb4 at pci4 dev 0 function 0 "ServerWorks PCIE-PCIX" rev 0xb5
pci5 at ppb4 bus 7
bge0 at pci5 dev 4 function 0 "Broadcom BCM5715" rev 0xa3, BCM5715 A3 
(0x9003): ivec 0x796, address 00:14:4f:f3:f1:06
brgphy0 at bge0 phy 1: BCM5714 10/100/1000baseT/SX PHY, rev. 0
bge1 at pci5 dev 4 function 1 "Broadcom BCM5715" rev 0xa3, BCM5715 A3 
(0x9003): ivec 0x797, address 00:14:4f:f3:f1:07
brgphy1 at bge1 phy 1: BCM5714 10/100/1000baseT/SX PHY, rev. 0
ppb5 at pci1 dev 3 function 0 "PLX PEX 8532" rev 0xbc: msi
pci6 at ppb5 bus 8
ppb6 at pci1 dev 8 function 0 "PLX PEX 8532" rev 0xbc: msi
pci7 at ppb6 bus 9
ppb7 at pci1 dev 9 function 0 "PLX PEX 8532" rev 0xbc
pci8 at ppb7 bus 10
ppb8 at pci8 dev 0 function 0 "Intel 41210 PCIE-PCIX" rev 0x09
pci9 at ppb8 bus 11
mpi0 at pci9 dev 1 function 0 "Symbios Logic SAS1064" rev 0x02: msi
mpi0: SAS1064, firmware 1.8.3.0
scsibus2 at mpi0: 63 targets
sd0 at scsibus2 targ 0 lun 0: <ATA, INTEL SSDSC2BB48, 0140> SCSI3 
0/direct fixed naa.55cd2e404c78178f
sd0: 457862MB, 512 bytes/sector, 937703088 sectors
sd1 at scsibus2 targ 1 lun 0: <ATA, INTEL SSDSC2BB48, 0140> SCSI3 
0/direct fixed naa.55cd2e404c7817b8
sd1: 457862MB, 512 bytes/sector, 937703088 sectors
ppb9 at pci8 dev 0 function 2 "Intel 41210 PCIE-PCIX" rev 0x09
pci10 at ppb9 bus 12
pyro1 at mainbus0: "Fire", rev 3, ign 7c0, bus B 2 to 2
pyro1: dvma map c0000000-ffffffff
pci11 at pyro1
radeondrm0 at pci11 dev 0 function 0 "ATI FireGL V3100" rev 0x80
drm0 at radeondrm0
radeondrm0: ivec 0x7d4
ebus0 at mainbus0
"flashprom" at ebus0 addr 0-1fffff not configured
rtc0 at ebus0 addr 100000-10000f: bq4802
com0 at ebus0 addr 80-87 ivec 0x7c8: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo
com1 at ebus0 addr 0-7 ivec 0x7c8: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo
"env-monitor" at ebus0 addr 0-41 not configured
pcfiic0 at ebus0 addr 80-81 ivec 0x7c1
iic0 at pcfiic0
"pca9556" at iic0 addr 0x18 not configured
lmtemp0 at iic0 addr 0x2b: lm76
lmtemp1 at iic0 addr 0x48: lm76, fails to respond
lmtemp2 at iic0 addr 0x4f: lm76
"adt7462" at iic0 addr 0x58 not configured
power0 at ebus0 addr e0-e1 ivec 0x7c3
"i2c" at mainbus0 not configured
"i2c" at mainbus0 not configured
"i2c" at mainbus0 not configured
"ppm" at mainbus0 not configured
uhub4 at uhub0 port 7 configuration 1 interface 0 "Standard Microsystems 
Hub" rev 2.00/0.01 addr 2
uhidev0 at uhub2 port 1 configuration 1 interface 0 "Primax Electronics 
USB Optical Mouse" rev 2.00/2.00 addr 2
uhidev0: iclass 3/1
ums0 at uhidev0: 3 buttons, Z and W dir
wsmouse0 at ums0 mux 0
uhidev1 at uhub2 port 2 configuration 1 interface 0 "Logitech USB 
Keyboard" rev 1.10/64.00 addr 3
uhidev1: iclass 3/1
ukbd0 at uhidev1: 8 variable keys, 6 key codes
wskbd0 at ukbd0: console keyboard
uhidev2 at uhub2 port 2 configuration 1 interface 1 "Logitech USB 
Keyboard" rev 1.10/64.00 addr 3
uhidev2: iclass 3/0, 3 report ids
uhid0 at uhidev2 reportid 1: input=1, output=0, feature=0
uhid1 at uhidev2 reportid 2: input=1, output=0, feature=0
uhid2 at uhidev2 reportid 3: input=3, output=0, feature=0
vscsi0 at root
scsibus3 at vscsi0: 256 targets
softraid0 at root
scsibus4 at softraid0: 256 targets
bootpath: /pci@1e,600000/pci@0,0/pci@9,0/pci@0,0/scsi@1,0/disk@0,0
root on sd0a (beeb338ec0a89ff3.a) swap on sd0b dump on sd0b
initializing kernel modesetting (RV380 0x1002:0x5B64 0x1002:0x0B64).
BIOS signature incorrect 0 0
radeon_cp: Failed to load firmware "radeon/R300_cp.bin"
error: [drm:pid0:r100_cp_init] *ERROR* Failed to load firmware!
drm:pid0:r300_startup *ERROR* failed initializing CP (-2).
drm:pid0:r300_init *ERROR* Disabling GPU acceleration
Can't enable IRQ/MSI because no handler is installed
Can't enable IRQ/MSI because no handler is installed
Can't enable IRQ/MSI because no handler is installed
radeondrm0: 1280x1024, 8bpp
wsdisplay0 at radeondrm0 mux 1: console (std, sun emulation), using wskbd0
Process (pid 1) got signal 31
Can't enable IRQ/MSI because no handler is installed
Can't enable IRQ/MSI because no handler is installed
Can't enable IRQ/MSI because no handler is installed
Can't enable IRQ/MSI because no handler is installed
Can't enable IRQ/MSI because no handler is installed
Can't enable IRQ/MSI because no handler is installed
Can't enable IRQ/MSI because no handler is installed
Can't enable IRQ/MSI because no handler is installed

On 10/25/18 11:19 PM, Jonathan Gray wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 25, 2018 at 10:47:40PM -0700, Veraldi Riccardo wrote:
>> apparently everything is in the right place:
>>
>> -rw-r--r--?? 1 root?? bin?? 2048 Oct 16 14:40 /etc/firmware/radeon/R300_cp.bin
>>
>> elios# pkg_info
>> radeondrm-firmware-20170119 firmware binary images for radeondrm(4) driver
> Firmware packages are installed on first boot on a non-ramdisk kernel
> after radeondrm tries to load the firmware.  Is it loaded if you reboot
> the machine?
>
> The changes to support radeondrm on sparc64 were done on an xvr-100
> which is an earlier generation of radeon (rv100).  It looks like you have
> an xvr-300 with an rv380 so perhaps something else is needed.
> Including full dmesg output would be helpfull.
>
>>
>>
>> On 10/25/18 9:21 PM, Jonathan Gray wrote:
>>> On Thu, Oct 25, 2018 at 08:23:29PM -0700, Veraldi Riccardo wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I just installed OpenBSD 6.4 on my Ultra 45.
>>>>
>>>> right before completing the boot process and right before showing the login
>>>> prompt the VGA console does a reset, the screen becomes black and when it
>>>> appears again the character size is so tiny you can barely see it and the
>>>> text console is kind of replicated 6 times in a row on the same screen. I
>>>> would post a picture but I think it's not allowed. I can blindly log in as
>>>> root on the console and launching startx opens X11 which works, anyway the
>>>> terminal console is really unusable like this.
>>>>
>>>> Is there a way that I can fix this issue ?
>>>>
>>>> on 6.3 this did not happen.
>>>>
>>>> these are the most significant messages from dmesg they could be related to
>>>> the problem:
>>>>
>>>> radeon_cp: Failed to load firmware "radeon/R300_cp.bin"
>>>> error: [drm:pid0:r100_cp_init] *ERROR* Failed to load firmware!
>>> Is /etc/firmware/radeon/R300_cp.bin missing?
>>> radeondrm-firmware package not installed?
>>>
>>>> drm:pid0:r300_startup *ERROR* failed initializing CP (-2).
>>>> drm:pid0:r300_init *ERROR* Disabling GPU acceleration
>>>> Can't enable IRQ/MSI because no handler is installed
>>>> Can't enable IRQ/MSI because no handler is installed
>>>> Can't enable IRQ/MSI because no handler is installed
>>>> radeondrm0: 1280x1024, 8bpp
>>>> wsdisplay0 at radeondrm0 mux 1: console (std, sun emulation), using wskbd0
>>>>
>>>> thank you
>>>>
>>>> Rick
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>