Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 10:52:27 +0100 From: Steffen Ullrich <coyote.frank@gmx.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: no way for good textmodes (VESA+SC_PIXEL_MODE+VGA_WIDTH90 enabled) Message-ID: <20010211105227.A1506@india.local>
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Hi, I'm fairly new to freebsd (only used linux,Digital Unix and Solaris so far). I'm used to make most of my work in textmode, so I like to have good textmodes. I have an ATI XPERT, and yes I've scanned the mailing list archiv and found several questions similar to mine, but w/o an answer or w/o an satisfying answer. Using linux I get on an ATI XPERT with vga=ask on kernel startup the following modes: 80x(25,50,43,28,30,34,60), 40x25 and with an additional "scan": 100x(25,30),132x(25,44). Additionally I can use the vesa framebuffer console where I at least get 1024x768 (that's the one I usually use). In freebsd vidcontrol -i mode shows me a lot of modes: textmodes and graphical modes. But all textmodes are equal or below 90x60. So no 100x.. or even 132x... . The highest graphic mode is 640x480. End even from the modes supported I get only few with vidcontrol or a similar program (I wrote a small prog to get at least the 90x modes, because vidcontrol does not know about these modes). So VESA_800x600 or higher does not work, which is strange, because it works on linux. Thus my questions: - Is there anything I do wrong (VESA+SC_PIXEL_MODE+VGA_WIDTH90 enabled)? - And if not - why does freebsd behaves differently (and worse) in this regard compared to linux and is there a way to fix it? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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