Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 19:46:08 +0300 From: Simon Phoenix <phoenix.lists@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: options VESA SC_PIXEL_MODE Message-ID: <200608021946.17944.phoenix.lists@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20060802155810.c38cfaef.dick@nagual.nl> References: <20060802155810.c38cfaef.dick@nagual.nl>
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--nextPart3416821.qypprUGsLV Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Wednesday 02 August 2006 16:58, dick hoogendijk wrote: > 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. Maybe other mode from "vidcontrol -i mode" will be suitable for You. =2D-=20 Best regards, Simon Phoenix (Phoenix Lab.) =2D-------------------------------------------------------------- KeyID: 0x2569D30B =46ingerprint: 78FC 5C40 07CC D331 148E CC79 84B8 D514 2569 D30B =2D-------------------------------------------------------------- --nextPart3416821.qypprUGsLV Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBE0NbZhLjVFCVp0wsRAqdhAJ4lEl8nc9wgHaK/DpSg3ex4GuokGgCfeVJa 0WVSO0WV32z0ywGY2cbDZh4= =Jnwe -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart3416821.qypprUGsLV--
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