NetBSD Problem Report #57071

From john@daisy.zia.io  Sun Oct 23 22:00:08 2022
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Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2022 22:00:00 GMT
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Subject: NetBSD installer doesn't handle 1024x768 properly
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>Number:         57071
>Category:       install
>Synopsis:       NetBSD installer doesn't handle 1024x768 properly
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    install-manager
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Oct 23 22:05:00 +0000 2022
>Last-Modified:  Thu Nov 03 22:50:52 +0000 2022
>Originator:     John Klos
>Release:        NetBSD 9.2_STABLE
>Organization:

>Environment:


System: NetBSD daisy.zia.io 9.2_STABLE NetBSD 9.2_STABLE (DAISY) #0: Sun Mar 13 01:23:07 UTC 2022 john@daisy.zia.io:/usr/obj-amd64/sys/arch/amd64/compile/DAISY amd64
Architecture: x86_64
Machine: amd64
>Description:

When running the NetBSD/amd64 HEAD installer from 20-Oct-2022, the screen 
was configured to a font size which made the text display unusable. The 
message was, "Screen too narrow (75 + 5 > 64) for menu...".
The computer has a Radeon card and the attached screen's resolution is
1024 x 768. The font is too large for this resolution and gives 64 x 24
text. See:

https://www.klos.com/~john/netbsdresolutionissue.jpeg

Using "userconf disable radeon" gives a usable screen because the font 
isn't updated.

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>Fix:


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