Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 15:58:10 +0200 From: dick hoogendijk <dick@nagual.nl> To: fbsdq <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: options VESA SC_PIXEL_MODE Message-ID: <20060802155810.c38cfaef.dick@nagual.nl>
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I followed some advice on how to get higher resolutions on the console for my 1280x1024 LCD monitor. I recompiled the kernel with options VESA options SC_PIXEL_MODE After a vidcontrol MODE_282 I get a 1280x1024 console. Nice, but the characters are just "fat" compared to the chars I get in Xorg running the same resolution setting (those terminal chars are very sharp). Furthermore it "feels" as though the screen has become a little slower then without vesa and sc_pixel_mode (in the console). Can this be? Or is this just my imagination. The console resolution has to be delt with because the default font is really HUGE ;-) Question: is VESA the way to go or is it better to leave this out of the kernel and do just something with the buildin "-f" (font) in vidcontrol. I have font8x8/8x14/8x16 in my /etc/rc.conf Your comments and advise please. -- dick -- http://nagual.nl/ -- PGP/GnuPG key: F86289CE ++ Running FreeBSD 6.1 ++ The Power to Serve
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