Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 10:24:57 -0500 From: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> To: Xin LI <delphij@frontfree.net> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, delphij@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [CALL FOR TESTERS] VESA High Resolution Console support from DragonFly Message-ID: <4291F5C9.8020208@centtech.com> In-Reply-To: <20050522112612.GA37841@frontfree.net> References: <20050522112612.GA37841@frontfree.net>
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Xin LI wrote: > Dear -CURRENT users, > > I would like to solicit a test of the following patchset which is based > on DragonFly's changes, against -CURRENT, to bring high resolution console > support to FreeBSD. The current patchset can be considered as "BETA" and > I would commit it if there is no complain about this patchset in the next > week. > > The patchset can be found at: > http://people.freebsd.org/~delphij/vesa/patchset-highres.20050522 > > To use it, you will need latest -CURRENT code, and apply the patchset at > toplevel source tree, i.e. /usr/src for usual cases. Then you need to build > and reinstall your kernel, with 'options SC_PIXEL_MODE' compiled in, and > optionally options VESA if you don't want to manually load VESA support > module. A make buildworld/installworld is recommended, but I believe that > just rebuild/reinstall usr.sbin/vidcontrol is enough to get your hands on > the support for using something like 'vidcontrol MODE_239' or so, which will > switch the current console to that mode. Some mode may not work on certain > cards, though. > > Please let me know if anything strange happens; While I have been running > with the patch for a while, I would still be happy if you will report that > it works :-) This seems to work nicely for me (Dell Latitude D610, Radeon X300, 1400x1050x16,24,or 32). Only thing I saw was my machine locked up once after leaving X, but I could not reproduce it. Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology A lost ounce of gold may be found, a lost moment of time never. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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