From owner-freebsd-mobile Tue Aug 3 0:36:10 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from relay.rhein-main.de (hermes.rhein-main.de [195.37.8.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3233214E52 for ; Tue, 3 Aug 1999 00:36:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nyx.rhein-main.de!tobias@odb.rhein-main.de) Received: from relay-x.rhein-main.de (odbella.rhein-main.de [195.37.8.14]) by relay.rhein-main.de (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA18183; Tue, 3 Aug 1999 09:29:13 +0200 Received: from odb.rhein-main.de (odb.rhein-main.de [195.37.8.4]) by relay-x.rhein-main.de (8.9.1/8.9.1) with SMTP id JAA14389; Tue, 3 Aug 1999 09:33:47 +0200 (MET DST) Received: by odb.rhein-main.de (Smail3.2 #4) id m11BYs9-0003CVC; Tue, 3 Aug 1999 09:20:29 +0200 (MET DST) Received: (from tobias@localhost) by localhost (8.8.3/8.8.3) id JAA14611; Tue, 3 Aug 1999 09:39:53 +0200 Date: Tue, 3 Aug 1999 09:39:53 +0200 Message-Id: <199908030739.JAA14611@localhost> X-Authentication-Warning: localhost: tobias set sender to tobias@nyx.rhein-main.de using -f From: Tobias Pfeil To: andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sony VAIO Picturebook (PCG C1X) with -current References: <19990802213518.37844.qmail@hotmail.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > This VAIO is smaller (and lighter weight) than most > >VAIO laptops; I'd like a larger font on the console, and can > >change it to 40x25 but can't figure out how to do anything else > >in spite of reading the vidcontrol man page several times. I > >would also like to make the display wider (it's not filling > >the screen horizontally). Is there any possibility I can do > >anything about this? Where would I start? > > I would suggest you get into your BIOS setup for your computer, > there should be an option somewhere to 'stretch' the lcd display. > This would make it fill the screen horizontally. (I had to do this on > my Toshiba Satellite 315CDS) > > I hope this helps. ;) On the "older" PCG-505 Vaios you can shift the display with Fn + f. Have you tried that? Cheers, --Tobias To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message