Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2017 16:27:09 -0800 From: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> To: Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd@gmail.com> Cc: Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de>, freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: vt(4) chops off the leftmost three columns Message-ID: <CAN6yY1swa%2B%2BB3SynQzJ3jAWhKtDKntF0zxsuDZDTODfZWc=ntw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAJ-VmomUChdbFvcpE8xPb=7FX9DftsZQ79B5LYAoyO3wGBw4%2BA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAOtMX2hg%2B-7F10Dx01_0_EzH_Q_eE2J%2B1wWjAiEO7f56ofCLgQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAPyFy2AAWeD-wMCR3aKG8mjPyn_4%2BMzGYBZnYYfddjtHTgDgQQ@mail.gmail.com> <96CA08DF-582A-4405-9E65-B19230EA37DA@gmail.com> <CAOtMX2gBn8iJiCZrzgDCSxBhVN%2B0rjWoXs0YYSNdCLnQwkgAYw@mail.gmail.com> <e85b7e66-6bc4-a8d5-e9be-c9a95c654d32@gmx.de> <CAJ-VmomUChdbFvcpE8xPb=7FX9DftsZQ79B5LYAoyO3wGBw4%2BA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, Jan 14, 2017 at 2:11 PM, Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd@gmail.com> wrote: > It depends(tm). I think the VT code just does "640x480x4bpp" and lets > the BIOS sort it out. A lot of things don't cope well with 640x480 > these days - they try autodetecting picture edges, but a black border > makes that very difficult. > > > -adrian > Can you use vidcontrol(1) to change to something better? 1600x900, maybe? (Note, I have not tried this and I know that vt does not support a lot of vidcontrol functionality, but starting X sets the display to 200x56 characters on my laptop.) -- Kevin Oberman, Part time kid herder and retired Network Engineer E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com PGP Fingerprint: D03FB98AFA78E3B78C1694B318AB39EF1B055683 > On 14 January 2017 at 08:57, Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de> > wrote: > > Am 14.01.2017 um 00:11 schrieb Alan Somers: > >> I take it back. The first three columns _are_ rendered, but they > >> don't show up on some monitiors. It's as if those monitors require a > >> minimum amount of overscan on the left side of the screen, and vt(4) > >> doesn't provide enough. Can that be tuned? > > > > Once upon a time, I've seen similar things on Linux, but with fewer > > pixels offset, when switching framebuffer drivers - back then, the > > scanning-VGA-timing was an issue. Is there any way to tweak the row and > > column timings, with blank periods, viewport offsets and thereabouts? > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@ > freebsd.org" > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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