Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 13:54:57 -0700 From: Freddie Cash <fcash@ocis.net> To: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Changing Console Resolution - Vidcontrol Message-ID: <200704021354.57395.fcash@ocis.net> In-Reply-To: <20070402140654.T10007@tbbqjvyy.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> References: <8d23ec860704021055n12e7ec05h300effc21e54713e@mail.gmail.com> <20070402140654.T10007@tbbqjvyy.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz>
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On Monday 02 April 2007 12:07 pm, Lars Eighner wrote: > On Mon, 2 Apr 2007, Schiz0 wrote: > > I'm wondering how you can increase the resolution of the console in > > FreeBSD stable. I have read the man page on vidcontrol and googled > > around a bit, but I'm still confused about what to do. I'm currently > > running FreeBSD in VMWare on a windows machine (But that'll change as > > soon as I learn enough to put it up my server, which currently runs > > linux). I'd like to have something like 1024x768 resolution or so. > > Also, the man pages mention something about VESA modules. What > > exactly is this, and do I need it? My kernel is currently compiled > > without support for it. Would I need to recompile my kernel again? > > You're question does not quite make sense. "Console" is more or less > the FreeBSD word for "boss text-mode terminal." It has nothing to do > with what a terminal window might look like in a GUI such as Windows or > X. The first question is what *text* modes does your hardware support. > I don't know of video hardware that supports 1024x768 raster text. If > your hardware supports it and you want the VESA modes, you can compile > VESA support into the kernel (which you should do if you use it just > about all the time) or it can be load dynamically (see man 4 vga). > Ditto for 90 column VGA. Most of the console modes are regular vga text > modes and they are usually expressed in terms of lines(high) x > columns(wide), for example the standard 25x80. > > I suspect you do not really want a console resolution of 1024x768 (px). > I suspect you want 1024x758 in a GUI, in which case you need to be > researching X as vidcontrol has nothing to do with that. 1024x768 is a pretty standard VESA mode used on a lot of people's text consoles. :) On most videocards, MODE_279 will be 1024x768 w/16 bpp colour. Check the output of "vidcontrol -i". You'll see a lot of different modes, some text, some raster/bitmap/VESA/whatever-you-call-it. This has nothing to do with X or any GUI. -- Freddie Cash fcash@ocis.net
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