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Date:      Sat, 6 Apr 2013 16:59:51 -0400
From:      Super Bisquit <superbisquit@gmail.com>
To:        Julio Merino <julio+host-g5-jmmv@meroh.net>,  FreeBSD PowerPC ML <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: 4:3 console on 19:10 screen
Message-ID:  <CA%2BWntOvpitMZ2KnKyoE5SCC9jpze9AP=wDv1Ocm-BVGZCMt9ig@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20130406113943.GA896@g5.meroh.net>
References:  <20130406113943.GA896@g5.meroh.net>

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Xorg is done with "Xorg -configure -retro" and you put the values in.

The Gentoo SPARC(64) FAQ section has a part on setting vid mode with
OpenBoot. OpenBoot and OpenFirmware are basically the same thing.

However, know that it is better to use Xorg -configure on a PPC machine.




On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 7:39 AM, Julio Merino
<julio+host-g5-jmmv@meroh.net>wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have a PowerMac attached to a 24" widescreen capable of 1920x1200@60Hz.
> The graphics card is an nVidia GeForce FX 5200 Ultra (NV34).
>
> OpenFirmware properly sets up the screen to its highest resolution and
> uses the full display to show the console.
>
> When FreeBSD powerpc64 9.1 boots, I get a 4:3 console centered on the
> screen.  According to the monitor's built-in information panel, however,
> the screen is properly set up to 1920x1200.  This makes me believe that
> FreeBSD is correctly setting the display to its native resolution but,
> for some reason, forces the console to be 4:3 (which is a 72 lines by
> 99 columns).
>
> Any ideas on how to change this?  vidcontrol appears to be not working,
> as the output of "vidcontrol -i mode" is non-sense (and the screen is
> ats native resolution anyway!).
>
> Thanks!
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