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Date:      Mon, 3 Nov 2003 10:00:14 -0600
From:      Stephen Hilton <nospam@hiltonbsd.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   vidcontrol 132x43 mode help
Message-ID:  <20031103100014.32402126.nospam@hiltonbsd.com>

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Cheers all,

I am trying to get 132x43 mode in my consoles and need a little help :-)

Matrox G400 video card, Hitachi CM771 monitor, FreeBSD 4.9

# vidcontrol -i adapter
fb0:
    vga0, type:VESA VGA (5), flags:0x700ff
    initial mode:24, current mode:24, BIOS mode:3
    frame buffer window:0xb8000, buffer size:0x8000
    window size:0x8000, origin:0x0
    display start address (0, 0), scan line width:80
    reserved:0x0

# vidcontrol -i mode
    mode#     flags   type    size       font      window      linear buffer
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  0 (0x000) 0x00000001 T 40x25           8x8   0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 32k
  1 (0x001) 0x00000001 T 40x25           8x8   0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 32k
  2 (0x002) 0x00000001 T 80x25           8x8   0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 32k
  3 (0x003) 0x00000001 T 80x25           8x8   0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 32k
  4 (0x004) 0x00000003 G 320x200x2 1     8x8   0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 32k
  5 (0x005) 0x00000003 G 320x200x2 1     8x8   0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 32k
  6 (0x006) 0x00000003 G 640x200x1 1     8x8   0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 32k
 13 (0x00d) 0x00000003 G 320x200x4 4     8x8   0xa0000 64k 64k 0x00000000 256k
 14 (0x00e) 0x00000003 G 640x200x4 4     8x8   0xa0000 64k 64k 0x00000000 256k
 16 (0x010) 0x00000003 G 640x350x2 2     8x14  0xa0000 64k 64k 0x00000000 128k
 18 (0x012) 0x00000003 G 640x350x4 4     8x14  0xa0000 64k 64k 0x00000000 256k
 19 (0x013) 0x00000001 T 40x25           8x14  0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 32k
 20 (0x014) 0x00000001 T 40x25           8x14  0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 32k
 21 (0x015) 0x00000001 T 80x25           8x14  0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 32k
 22 (0x016) 0x00000001 T 80x25           8x14  0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 32k
 23 (0x017) 0x00000001 T 40x25           8x16  0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 32k
 24 (0x018) 0x00000001 T 80x25           8x16  0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 32k
 26 (0x01a) 0x00000003 G 640x480x4 4     8x16  0xa0000 64k 64k 0x00000000 256k
 27 (0x01b) 0x00000003 G 640x480x4 4     8x16  0xa0000 64k 64k 0x00000000 256k
 28 (0x01c) 0x00000003 G 320x200x8 1     8x8   0xa0000 64k 64k 0x00000000 64k
 30 (0x01e) 0x00000001 T 80x50           8x8   0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 32k
 32 (0x020) 0x00000001 T 80x30           8x16  0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 32k
 34 (0x022) 0x00000001 T 80x60           8x8   0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 32k
 37 (0x025) 0x00000003 G 320x240x8 4     8x8   0xa0000 64k 64k 0x00000000 256k
112 (0x070) 0x00000000 T 80x43           8x8   0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 32k
113 (0x071) 0x00000001 T 80x43           8x8   0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 32k
256 (0x100) 0x0000000f G 640x400x8 1     8x16  0xa0000 64k 64k 0xce000000 16384k
257 (0x101) 0x0000000f G 640x480x8 1     8x16  0xa0000 64k 64k 0xce000000 16384k
258 (0x102) 0x0000000b G 800x600x4 4     8x14  0xa0000 64k 64k 0x00000000 16384k
259 (0x103) 0x0000000f G 800x600x8 1     8x16  0xa0000 64k 64k 0xce000000 16384k
266 (0x10a) 0x00000009 T 132x43          8x8   0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 16384k
272 (0x110) 0x0000000f G 640x480x16 1    8x16  0xa0000 64k 64k 0xce000000 16384k
273 (0x111) 0x0000000f G 640x480x16 1    8x16  0xa0000 64k 64k 0xce000000 16384k
274 (0x112) 0x0000000f G 640x480x32 1    8x16  0xa0000 64k 64k 0xce000000 16384k
275 (0x113) 0x0000000f G 800x600x16 1    8x16  0xa0000 64k 64k 0xce000000 16384k
276 (0x114) 0x0000000f G 800x600x16 1    8x16  0xa0000 64k 64k 0xce000000 16384k
277 (0x115) 0x0000000f G 800x600x32 1    8x16  0xa0000 64k 64k 0xce000000 16384k


I can set 80x60 mode ok, but whenever I try 132x43 my monitor clicks, then 
no video. I do have VESA in my kernel.

Thanks in advance,


Stephen Hilton
nospam@hiltonbsd.com



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