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Date:      Thu, 16 Jan 2003 21:32:00 -0600
From:      Anti <fearow@attbi.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Customizing the consol - Changing the resolution
Message-ID:  <20030116213200.68a565a4.fearow@attbi.com>
In-Reply-To: <006101c2bdd3$824f0100$5f4f0844@DT>
References:  <006101c2bdd3$824f0100$5f4f0844@DT>

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On Thu, 16 Jan 2003 18:52:43 -0800
"Dilshod" <dilshod@cox.net> wrote:

> Hello there,
>     I'm kind of new to FreeBSD, in terms of the structure the OS. I've
> installed FreeBSD 5.0 RC 3 before I had version 4.7. I install the OS to
> explore and learn about it, so far I love it. 
>     Here is my question: How can I change the resolution of the consol ?
> By default it's set to 640x480. I've read there is a way to display a
> splash image at higher resolution, but I'm not sure if it will stay
> afterwards. Basically I want to set the consol resolution at 1024 or
> higher, like I once had done in a Slackware Linux installation.



setting allscreens_flags="VESA_132x60" in /etc/rc.conf is all good...
also need vesa in the kernel, or load the module...

`Anti`

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