From owner-freebsd-arm@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 25 23:31:08 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 51580BCE for ; Thu, 25 Dec 2014 23:31:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mho-02-ewr.mailhop.org (mho-02-ewr.mailhop.org [204.13.248.72]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 14784268B for ; Thu, 25 Dec 2014 23:31:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [73.34.117.227] (helo=ilsoft.org) by mho-02-ewr.mailhop.org with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Y4H4U-000NZO-V4; Thu, 25 Dec 2014 22:39:55 +0000 Received: from revolution.hippie.lan (revolution.hippie.lan [172.22.42.240]) by ilsoft.org (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id sBPMdr4Y031240; Thu, 25 Dec 2014 15:39:53 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from ian@freebsd.org) X-Mail-Handler: Dyn Standard SMTP by Dyn X-Originating-IP: 73.34.117.227 X-Report-Abuse-To: abuse@dyndns.com (see http://www.dyndns.com/services/sendlabs/outbound_abuse.html for abuse reporting information) X-MHO-User: U2FsdGVkX18Np4clm8PrlcPleQamcyoL Message-ID: <1419547193.1018.181.camel@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: RPI, config.txt: overscan, not working From: Ian Lepore To: ito Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2014 15:39:53 -0700 In-Reply-To: <1415062647.7543.9.camel@res-cmts> References: <1414774843.3499.18.camel@res-cmts> <1414917964.3427.2.camel@res-cmts> <1415062647.7543.9.camel@res-cmts> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.12.8 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: "Porting FreeBSD to ARM processors." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2014 23:31:08 -0000 While searching for something else I just ran across this info: overscan_scale=1 caused the output of openFrameworks to respect the overscan_left, overscan_right, top and bottom settings with the use of an LCD display connected via composite. So maybe just adding that to config.txt would make your overscan settings work right. I found that at: http://elinux.org/RPiconfig -- Ian On Mon, 2014-11-03 at 19:57 -0500, ito wrote: > Hi, > > > I Discovered that the framebuffer_width and framebuffer_height sizes > seem to work but the overscan_left, overscan_right, etc. not as much. > > I have settled on > > framebuffer_width=720 > framebuffer_height=400 > > referenced a well commented config.txt although solely added the two > framebuffer entries to the existing config.txt because the overscan did > not seem to work. > > https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Evilpaul/RPi-config/master/config.txt > > > Thanks for any advice, > > ito > > On Sun, 2014-11-02 at 03:46 -0500, ito wrote: > > Is there anyone with an idea as to how I can stop the text from spilling > > off the screen. > > > > The display is in excess of 1/2 an inch all around. > > > > Thanks, > > > > ito > > > > > > > > On Fri, 2014-10-31 at 13:00 -0400, ito wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > I have a raspberry pi, > > > > > > Model B Revision 2.0 (512MB) > > > which has the logo along with: > > > Raspberry Pi > > > (c)2011.12 > > > written on it. > > > > > > I have obtained a image for freebsd to run from here: > > > > > > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/arm/armv6/ISO-IMAGES/10.0/ > > > > > > > > > I uncompressed the image on a OpenSUSE system, and used, > > > > > > sudo dd if=FreeBSD-10.0-RELEASE-arm-armv6-RPI-B-20140131-r260789.img > > > of=/dev/sdd > > > > > > to put the image on a micro SD... with that card and adapter I have > > > successfully boot freebsd. > > > > > > The problem I am facing now is that I am using the yellow SVGA (RCA type > > > plug) cables to use an old Television as a monitor, with this setup I > > > have an issue with the text running off of the screen. > > > > > > I have tried the config.txt file with > > > overscan_disable=0 > > > overscan_left=20 > > > overscan_right=20 > > > overscan_top=20 > > > overscan_bottom=20 > > > > > > > > > added to the existing config.txt > > > > > > > > > > > > I have tried to load vesa: > > > > > > kldload vesa > > > > > > where I get a prompt that it does not exist. > > > > > > I looked in the kernel directory (/boot/kernel/) and there is no vesa, > > > not sure what that means. > > > > > > > > > I am assuming that there is something that is not happening with the > > > config.txt. I saw mention of using the files here to replace the files > > > on the pi; > > > > > > https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware > > > > > > > > > SO, essentially, how do I get the text to stop from spilling off of the > > > screen (command prompt-no gui). > > > > > > > > > Thank You, > > > > > > ito > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-arm@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arm > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-arm-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"