Date: Sun, 02 Nov 2014 03:46:04 -0500 From: ito <egunther@warwick.net> To: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RPI, config.txt: overscan, not working Message-ID: <1414917964.3427.2.camel@res-cmts> In-Reply-To: <1414774843.3499.18.camel@res-cmts> References: <1414774843.3499.18.camel@res-cmts>
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Is there anyone with an idea as to how I can stop the text from spilling off the screen. The display is in excess of 1/2 an inch all around. Thanks, ito On Fri, 2014-10-31 at 13:00 -0400, ito wrote: > Hello, > > I have a raspberry pi, > > Model B Revision 2.0 (512MB) > which has the logo along with: > Raspberry Pi > (c)2011.12 > written on it. > > I have obtained a image for freebsd to run from here: > > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/arm/armv6/ISO-IMAGES/10.0/ > > > I uncompressed the image on a OpenSUSE system, and used, > > sudo dd if=FreeBSD-10.0-RELEASE-arm-armv6-RPI-B-20140131-r260789.img > of=/dev/sdd > > to put the image on a micro SD... with that card and adapter I have > successfully boot freebsd. > > The problem I am facing now is that I am using the yellow SVGA (RCA type > plug) cables to use an old Television as a monitor, with this setup I > have an issue with the text running off of the screen. > > I have tried the config.txt file with > overscan_disable=0 > overscan_left=20 > overscan_right=20 > overscan_top=20 > overscan_bottom=20 > > > added to the existing config.txt > > > > I have tried to load vesa: > > kldload vesa > > where I get a prompt that it does not exist. > > I looked in the kernel directory (/boot/kernel/) and there is no vesa, > not sure what that means. > > > I am assuming that there is something that is not happening with the > config.txt. I saw mention of using the files here to replace the files > on the pi; > > https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware > > > SO, essentially, how do I get the text to stop from spilling off of the > screen (command prompt-no gui). > > > Thank You, > > ito
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