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Date:      Sun, 6 Jan 2002 17:42:48 +0100
From:      Andreas Ntaflos <ntaflos.andreas@gmx.net>
To:        Nuno Teixeira <nunotex@pt-quorum.com>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Is VESA_800x600 hardcoded to 80x25?
Message-ID:  <20020106174248.A42857@Deadcell.ANT>
In-Reply-To: <20020106154230.GD1141@gw.tex.bogus>; from nunotex@pt-quorum.com on Sun, Jan 06, 2002 at 03:42:30PM %2B0000
References:  <20020106154230.GD1141@gw.tex.bogus>

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On Sun, Jan 06, 2002 at 03:42:30PM +0000, Nuno Teixeira wrote:
>=20
>   Hello to all,
>  =20
>   For the first time I configured VESA and SC_PIXEL_MODE in kernel to rea=
ch=20
>   VESA_800x600 (100x37).
>  =20
>   When I used vidcontrol to do this I noted that I only can get a smaller=
=20
>   "window" in the middle of the screen (80x25).
>   [snip]=20
>   -----------------------------------------------------------------------=
---- =20
>   Message:
>   >... knowing that 800x600 / 8x16 =3D 100x37.5 I should be able to do be=
tter. =20
>   >I switched to VESA_800x600, but instead of getting 100x37 I just get 8=
0x25=20
>   >in a smaller "window" in the middle of the screen.
>   >
>   >1)  Is VESA ... hardcoded to 80x25?
>   >
>   >2)  Is this combo hardcoded to 4-bit color?
>  =20
>   1) Yes, VESA_800x600 is hardcoded to 80x25 in vidcontrol.c, but it is e=
asy=20
>   to fix.  Just make the following change and recompile:
>  =20
>                  if (mode =3D=3D SW_VESA_800x600) {
>   [snip]

In order to have VESA_800x600 use the full screen of the virtual console,
run the following:

# vidcontrol -g 100x37 VESA_800x600 -f whatever_font_you_want

This will resize it to the said geometry of 100x37 chars at a resolution=20
of 800x600.

The rc.conf entries look like this on my box:

allscreens_flags=3D"-g 100x37 VESA_800x600"
font8x16=3D"/usr/share/syscons/fonts/iso15-8x16.fnt"

This should work just fine and fill up the whole available screen.

I just don't like the low refresh rate of 60Hz, after some time, it blinds
my head :)

Does anyone know how to increase the vert. refresh at 800x600?

regards
--=20
	Andreas "ant" Ntaflos=09
	ntaflos.andreas@gmx.net
	Vienna, AUSTRIA

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