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Date:      Tue, 20 Nov 2001 16:46:31 -0800
From:      list <list@museum.rain.com>
To:        Anthony Atkielski <anthony@atkielski.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: How do I set vidcontrol modes?
Message-ID:  <20011120164631.B11629@museum.rain.com>
In-Reply-To: <014d01c1721d$74e0c470$0a00000a@atkielski.com>; from anthony@atkielski.com on Wed, Nov 21, 2001 at 12:45:31AM %2B0100
References:  <014d01c1721d$74e0c470$0a00000a@atkielski.com>

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On Wed, Nov 21, 2001 at 12:45:31AM +0100, Anthony Atkielski wrote:
> Okay, I give up:  How do I set a video mode in vidcontrol after finding one on
> the list produced by vidcontrol -i mode that I wish to use?  I tried specifying
> the number of the mode, with no luck.  Tried it in hex, too (e.g., "vidcontrol
> 0x325") but that doesn't work, either.  What's the secret?  No, the man page
> doesn't explain it.
> 

You want  vidcontrol mode  where mode is the mode you want.  For example,

vidcontrol 80x43

Make sure you have the necessary kernel stuff for VESA support.

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