From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 11 04:04:39 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA8FE16A4DD for ; Tue, 11 Jul 2006 04:04:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from coldlostsick@yahoo.com.sg) Received: from locke.asmallorange.com (locke.asmallorange.com [63.247.68.97]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CEDCF43D49 for ; Tue, 11 Jul 2006 04:04:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from coldlostsick@yahoo.com.sg) Received: from [210.80.159.252] (port=43031 helo=[127.0.0.1]) by locke.asmallorange.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.52) id 1G09UA-0001CH-Df; Tue, 11 Jul 2006 00:04:35 -0400 Message-ID: <44B3234B.3090708@yahoo.com.sg> Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 12:04:27 +0800 From: Stubborn User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (Windows/20060516) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Peter References: <20060711033243.8020.qmail@web60022.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20060711033243.8020.qmail@web60022.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - locke.asmallorange.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - yahoo.com.sg X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: been buggin' me for a while now (console resolution) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 04:04:39 -0000 Peter wrote: > --- Stubborn wrote: > > >> Peter wrote: >> >>> Hi, I am running 5.4-STABLE and I would like to have better >>> >> resolution >> >>> (more lines and columns) when I boot into console. I used to be >>> >> able >> >>> to issue a command once there but I have forgotten that command. I >>> remember trying to allude to it via rc.conf or a startup file >>> (rc.local?) but it did not work. It seems to me that I needed the >>> following in my rc.conf as a pre-requisite: >>> >>> font8x8="iso-8x8.fnt" >>> font8x14="iso-8x14.fnt" >>> font8x16="iso-8x16.fnt" >>> >>> So does anyone know how I can automatically get smaller fonts in my >>> console? >>> > > > >> You need to recompile your kernel with below >> options VESA >> > > Allright, did that. > > >> You need to include these in your rc.conf >> allscreens_flags="132x25" >> > > I'm trying manually first and it's a "no go". This is the output of > 'vidcontrol -i mode': > > 0 (0x000) 0x00000001 T 40x25 8x8 0xb8000 32k 32k > 0x00000000 32k > 1 (0x001) 0x00000001 T 40x25 8x8 0xb8000 32k 32k > 0x00000000 32k > 2 (0x002) 0x00000001 T 80x25 8x8 0xb8000 32k 32k > 0x00000000 32k > 3 (0x003) 0x00000001 T 80x25 8x8 0xb8000 32k 32k > 0x00000000 32k > 4 (0x004) 0x00000003 G 320x200x2 1 8x8 0xb8000 32k 32k > 0x00000000 32k > 5 (0x005) 0x00000003 G 320x200x2 1 8x8 0xb8000 32k 32k > 0x00000000 32k > 6 (0x006) 0x00000003 G 640x200x1 1 8x8 0xb8000 32k 32k > 0x00000000 32k > 13 (0x00d) 0x00000003 G 320x200x4 4 8x8 0xa0000 64k 64k > 0x00000000 256k > 14 (0x00e) 0x00000003 G 640x200x4 4 8x8 0xa0000 64k 64k > 0x00000000 256k > 16 (0x010) 0x00000003 G 640x350x2 2 8x14 0xa0000 64k 64k > 0x00000000 128k > 18 (0x012) 0x00000003 G 640x350x4 4 8x14 0xa0000 64k 64k > 0x00000000 256k > 19 (0x013) 0x00000001 T 40x25 8x14 0xb8000 32k 32k > 0x00000000 32k > 20 (0x014) 0x00000001 T 40x25 8x14 0xb8000 32k 32k > 0x00000000 32k > 21 (0x015) 0x00000001 T 80x25 8x14 0xb8000 32k 32k > 0x00000000 32k > 22 (0x016) 0x00000001 T 80x25 8x14 0xb8000 32k 32k > 0x00000000 32k > 23 (0x017) 0x00000001 T 40x25 8x16 0xb8000 32k 32k > 0x00000000 32k > 24 (0x018) 0x00000001 T 80x25 8x16 0xb8000 32k 32k > 0x00000000 32k > 26 (0x01a) 0x00000003 G 640x480x4 4 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k > 0x00000000 256k > 27 (0x01b) 0x00000003 G 640x480x4 4 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k > 0x00000000 256k > 28 (0x01c) 0x00000003 G 320x200x8 1 8x8 0xa0000 64k 64k > 0x00000000 64k > 30 (0x01e) 0x00000001 T 80x50 8x8 0xb8000 32k 32k > 0x00000000 32k > 32 (0x020) 0x00000001 T 80x30 8x16 0xb8000 32k 32k > 0x00000000 32k > 34 (0x022) 0x00000001 T 80x60 8x8 0xb8000 32k 32k > 0x00000000 32k > 37 (0x025) 0x00000003 G 320x240x8 4 8x8 0xa0000 64k 64k > 0x00000000 256k > 112 (0x070) 0x00000000 T 80x43 8x8 0xb8000 32k 32k > 0x00000000 32k > 113 (0x071) 0x00000001 T 80x43 8x8 0xb8000 32k 32k > 0x00000000 32k > 256 (0x100) 0x0000000f G 640x400x8 1 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k > 0xe0000000 262144k > 257 (0x101) 0x0000000f G 640x480x8 1 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k > 0xe0000000 262144k > 258 (0x102) 0x0000000b G 800x600x4 4 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k > 0x00000000 262144k > 259 (0x103) 0x0000000f G 800x600x8 1 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k > 0xe0000000 262144k > 260 (0x104) 0x0000000b G 1024x768x4 4 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k > 0x00000000 262144k > 261 (0x105) 0x0000000f G 1024x768x8 1 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k > 0xe0000000 262144k > 262 (0x106) 0x0000000b G 1280x1024x4 4 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k > 0x00000000 262144k > 263 (0x107) 0x0000000f G 1280x1024x8 1 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k > 0xe0000000 262144k > 270 (0x10e) 0x0000000f G 320x200x16 1 8x8 0xa0000 64k 64k > 0xe0000000 262144k > 271 (0x10f) 0x0000000f G 320x200x32 1 8x8 0xa0000 64k 64k > 0xe0000000 262144k > 273 (0x111) 0x0000000f G 640x480x16 1 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k > 0xe0000000 262144k > 274 (0x112) 0x0000000f G 640x480x32 1 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k > 0xe0000000 262144k > 276 (0x114) 0x0000000f G 800x600x16 1 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k > 0xe0000000 262144k > 277 (0x115) 0x0000000f G 800x600x32 1 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k > 0xe0000000 262144k > 279 (0x117) 0x0000000f G 1024x768x16 1 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k > 0xe0000000 262144k > 280 (0x118) 0x0000000f G 1024x768x32 1 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k > 0xe0000000 262144k > 282 (0x11a) 0x0000000f G 1280x1024x16 1 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k > 0xe0000000 262144k > 283 (0x11b) 0x0000000f G 1280x1024x32 1 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k > 0xe0000000 262144k > 304 (0x130) 0x0000000f G 320x200x8 1 8x8 0xa0000 64k 64k > 0xe0000000 262144k > 305 (0x131) 0x0000000f G 320x400x8 1 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k > 0xe0000000 262144k > 306 (0x132) 0x0000000f G 320x400x16 1 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k > 0xe0000000 262144k > 307 (0x133) 0x0000000f G 320x400x32 1 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k > 0xe0000000 262144k > 308 (0x134) 0x0000000f G 320x240x8 1 8x8 0xa0000 64k 64k > 0xe0000000 262144k > 309 (0x135) 0x0000000f G 320x240x16 1 8x8 0xa0000 64k 64k > 0xe0000000 262144k > 310 (0x136) 0x0000000f G 320x240x32 1 8x8 0xa0000 64k 64k > 0xe0000000 262144k > 317 (0x13d) 0x0000000f G 640x400x16 1 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k > 0xe0000000 262144k > 318 (0x13e) 0x0000000f G 640x400x32 1 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k > 0xe0000000 262144k > 325 (0x145) 0x0000000f G 1600x1200x8 1 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k > 0xe0000000 262144k > 326 (0x146) 0x0000000f G 1600x1200x16 1 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k > 0xe0000000 262144k > 327 (0x147) 0x0000000f G 1400x1050x8 1 8x14 0xa0000 64k 64k > 0xe0000000 262144k > 328 (0x148) 0x0000000f G 1400x1050x16 1 8x14 0xa0000 64k 64k > 0xe0000000 262144k > 338 (0x152) 0x0000000f G 2048x1536x32 1 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k > 0xe0000000 262144k > > I am also attaching my dmesg output if that can help. > > Peter > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Copyright (c) 1992-2006 The FreeBSD Project. > Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 > The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. > FreeBSD 5.5-PRERELEASE #0: Mon Jul 10 22:59:45 EDT 2006 > super@sonata.lan.papamike.ca:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SONATA_6 > Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0 > CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+ (2009.79-MHz 686-class CPU) > Origin = "AuthenticAMD" Id = 0xfc0 Stepping = 0 > Features=0x78bfbff > AMD Features=0xe0500000 > real memory = 1073676288 (1023 MB) > avail memory = 1036931072 (988 MB) > ACPI APIC Table: > ioapic0 irqs 0-23 on motherboard > npx0: on motherboard > npx0: INT 16 interface > acpi0: on motherboard > acpi0: Power Button (fixed) > Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000 > acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x1008-0x100b on acpi0 > cpu0: on acpi0 > acpi_button0: on acpi0 > pcib0: port 0xcf0-0xcf3,0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0 > pci0: on pcib0 > agp0: mem 0xf0000000-0xf1ffffff at device 0.0 on pci0 > agp0: Unable to find NVIDIA Memory Controller 1. > device_attach: agp0 attach returned 19 > isab0: at device 1.0 on pci0 > isa0: on isab0 > pci0: at device 1.1 (no driver attached) > ohci0: mem 0xf6003000-0xf6003fff irq 22 at device 2.0 on pci0 > usb0: OHCI version 1.0, legacy support > usb0: on ohci0 > usb0: USB revision 1.0 > uhub0: nVidia OHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 > uhub0: 4 ports with 4 removable, self powered > ohci1: mem 0xf6004000-0xf6004fff irq 21 at device 2.1 on pci0 > usb1: OHCI version 1.0, legacy support > usb1: on ohci1 > usb1: USB revision 1.0 > uhub1: nVidia OHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 > uhub1: 4 ports with 4 removable, self powered > ehci0: mem 0xf6005000-0xf60050ff irq 20 at device 2.2 on pci0 > usb2: EHCI version 1.0 > usb2: companion controllers, 4 ports each: usb0 usb1 > usb2: on ehci0 > usb2: USB revision 2.0 > uhub2: nVidia EHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1 > uhub2: 8 ports with 8 removable, self powered > pcm0: port 0xe000-0xe07f,0xdc00-0xdcff mem 0xf6001000-0xf6001fff irq 22 at device 6.0 on pci0 > pcm0: > atapci0: port 0xf000-0xf00f,0x376,0x170-0x177,0x3f6,0x1f0-0x1f7 at device 8.0 on pci0 > ata0: channel #0 on atapci0 > ata1: channel #1 on atapci0 > pcib1: at device 11.0 on pci0 > pci1: on pcib1 > nvidia0: mem 0xe0000000-0xefffffff,0xf2000000-0xf2ffffff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci1 > pcib2: at device 14.0 on pci0 > ACPI link \\_SB_.PCI0.APC3 has invalid initial irq 5, ignoring > ACPI link \\_SB_.PCI0.APC4 has invalid initial irq 11, ignoring > pci2: on pcib2 > skc0: port 0xc000-0xc0ff mem 0xf5000000-0xf5003fff irq 19 at device 11.0 on pci2 > skc0: Marvell Yukon Lite Gigabit Ethernet rev. (0x9) > sk0: on skc0 > sk0: Ethernet address: 00:0f:ea:ec:f1:4e > miibus0: on sk0 > e1000phy0: on miibus0 > e1000phy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseTX-FDX, auto > fwohci0: mem 0xf5004000-0xf5007fff,0xf5008000-0xf50087ff irq 18 at device 14.0 on pci2 > fwohci0: OHCI version 1.10 (ROM=1) > fwohci0: No. of Isochronous channels is 4. > fwohci0: EUI64 00:0f:ea:00:00:e6:1f:80 > fwohci0: Phy 1394a available S400, 3 ports. > fwohci0: Link S400, max_rec 2048 bytes. > firewire0: on fwohci0 > sbp0: on firewire0 > fwe0: on firewire0 > if_fwe0: Fake Ethernet address: 02:0f:ea:e6:1f:80 > fwe0: Ethernet address: 02:0f:ea:e6:1f:80 > fwe0: if_start running deferred for Giant > fwohci0: Initiate bus reset > fwohci0: node_id=0xc800ffc0, gen=1, CYCLEMASTER mode > firewire0: 1 nodes, maxhop <= 0, cable IRM = 0 (me) > firewire0: bus manager 0 (me) > fdc0: port 0x3f7,0x3f0-0x3f5 irq 6 drq 2 on acpi0 > fd0: <1440-KB 3.5" drive> on fdc0 drive 0 > sio0: <16550A-compatible COM port> port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on acpi0 > sio0: type 16550A > sio1: <16550A-compatible COM port> port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on acpi0 > sio1: type 16550A > ppc0: port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on acpi0 > ppc0: Generic chipset (NIBBLE-only) in COMPATIBLE mode > ppbus0: on ppc0 > plip0: on ppbus0 > lpt0: on ppbus0 > lpt0: Interrupt-driven port > ppi0: on ppbus0 > atkbdc0: port 0x64,0x60 irq 1 on acpi0 > atkbd0: irq 1 on atkbdc0 > kbd0 at atkbd0 > pmtimer0 on isa0 > orm0: at iomem 0xc0000-0xcf7ff on isa0 > sc0: at flags 0x100 on isa0 > sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300> > vga0: at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0 > ums0: Logitech USB Receiver, rev 1.10/9.10, addr 2, iclass 3/1 > ums0: 5 buttons and Z dir. > Timecounter "TSC" frequency 2009791726 Hz quality 800 > Timecounters tick every 10.000 msec > ad0: 38166MB [77545/16/63] at ata0-master UDMA100 > ata1-slave: DMA limited to UDMA33, non-ATA66 cable or device > acd0: CDROM at ata1-master UDMA33 > acd1: DVDR at ata1-slave UDMA33 > cd0 at ata1 bus 0 target 0 lun 0 > cd0: Removable CD-ROM SCSI-0 device > cd0: 33.000MB/s transfers > cd0: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present > cd1 at ata1 bus 0 target 1 lun 0 > cd1: Removable CD-ROM SCSI-0 device > cd1: 33.000MB/s transfers > cd1: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present > Mounting root from ufs:/dev/ad0s3a > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Peter, have you tried rebooting your box and put allscreens_flags="132x25" in your rc.conf? Regards, Stubborn http://www.detest.org http://www.coldlostsick.net