From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 30 13:46:25 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3468E16A41A for ; Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:46:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from doug@polands.org) Received: from ms-smtp-03.rdc-kc.rr.com (ms-smtp-03.rdc-kc.rr.com [24.94.166.129]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E58A013C4A5 for ; Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:46:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from doug@polands.org) Received: from corinth.polands.org (CPE-75-87-219-217.new.res.rr.com [75.87.219.217]) by ms-smtp-03.rdc-kc.rr.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l9UCKREX014265; Tue, 30 Oct 2007 07:20:28 -0500 (CDT) Received: from omnihp-rj45.polands.org (ammon.polands.org [172.16.1.7]) by corinth.polands.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l9UCRQZP064600; Tue, 30 Oct 2007 07:27:27 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from doug@polands.org) Message-ID: <4727230A.2090601@polands.org> Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 07:26:50 -0500 From: Doug Poland User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20071020) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Joshua Isom References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.88.4/4629/Tue Oct 30 03:34:09 2007 on corinth.polands.org X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: freebsd-questions Questions Subject: Re: Changing console size, vidcontrol only lists 80x25 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, 30 Oct 2007 13:46:25 -0000 Joshua Isom wrote: > I recently bought a new LCD monitor for my computer. It handles > 1440x900 and seems to automatically do some scaling(although buggy) to > utilize the entire screen, resulting in a stretched, blurry, and cropped > screen for the console. After some time and playing around, I was about > to get Xorg to behave and use the native resolution of the monitor. > When I run vidcontrol -i mode, only 80x25 is displayed for options, > nothing else. The "option VESA" doesn't seem to work in STABLE anymore > so I'm not sure how to be able to get better support. I'm currently > running STABLE on amd64. > > You also need options SC_PIXEL_MODE in your kernel -- Regards, Doug