11:31:12 <Woodstock> is it normal that the uefi framebuffer console is slower than a remote login using a 300 baud acoustically-coupled modem?
11:32:22 <otis> while scrolling?
11:33:18 <Woodstock> while doing anything
11:34:36 <Woodstock> like, the OI text installer redrawing the screen takes 20s (10s to clear it, another 10s to redraw it)
11:36:09 <Woodstock> admittedly, this is a very low-end system from 2015, but still.
19:39:23 <tsoome> Woodstock loader or kernel?
19:39:30 <jhj> Woodstock: It probably have to do with the video card more than anything, since I believe it uses VESA text modes.
19:39:56 <jhj> You can try doing a "framebuffer set 640x480x16" or similar - it can list all the valid modes.
19:40:18 <jhj> You can also do "ls boot/loader/fonts" in the loader and then "loadfont" of a smaller font if you change the resolution.
19:43:51 <tsoome> jhj UEFI only does support 32-bit modes. but smaller resolutions can help.
19:51:09 <jhj> Ah, I'm still on a BIOS loader, since I installed ages ago.
19:52:56 <jhj> (I always change the font anyway, to Gallant, because anything else looks wrong.)
19:54:40 <tsoome> :)
19:58:07 <jhj> Speaking of fonts, is there any way to make the console font bold?
19:59:12 <tsoome> as default bold? gallant does not have bold, but terminus does have bold, so you can see result while reading manuals for example
20:00:24 <tsoome> we do not calculate glyphs, we only use what is provided via font
20:01:00 <jhj> I was hoping for bold in general, everything bold, which seems to be what Solaris does.
20:01:10 <jhj> Is that a difference in their font?
20:01:28 <jhj> https://i.imgur.com/wgoN7JP.png has Solaris on the right.
20:02:20 <tsoome> they default to gallant and bright foreground
20:04:33 <jhj> Ah.  I just find it much easier to read.  I don't use the console too often really.
20:04:39 <tsoome> so you can try tput bold
20:06:20 <tsoome> or set tem._fg_color
20:06:33 <tsoome> oops, tem.fg_color
20:07:20 <tsoome> I can not use white on black myself, I'm only using black on white.
20:08:37 <tsoome> too much burden on eyes even with bright white as fg.
20:11:52 <tsoome> (if font does not provide bold component, then bold means bright color in tem)
21:03:20 <richlowe> I have never seen an environment where bold in a text terminal was both a bold weight, and also a good idea
21:03:51 <richlowe> I feel like I must have spent career-years turning off bold and beeping in terminals both real and virtual