Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 21:41:52 +0200 From: Gerhard Sittig <Gerhard.Sittig@gmx.net> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Framebuffer driver? Message-ID: <20000922214152.C5065@speedy.gsinet> In-Reply-To: <20000922165222.F10538@netmode.ece.ntua.gr>; from past@netmode.ntua.gr on Fri, Sep 22, 2000 at 04:52:22PM %2B0300 References: <39CB622E.4B1A6BE4@cequrux.com> <20000922165222.F10538@netmode.ece.ntua.gr>
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On Fri, Sep 22, 2000 at 16:52 +0300, Panagiotis Astithas wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 22, 2000 at 03:44:14PM +0200, Graham Wheeler wrote:
> >
> > [ ... Linux' fb driver (VGA text modes) ... ]
> >
> > That feature is the VESA framebuffer driver for the console,
> > which allows me to run my 800x600 LCD screen as a 100x35
> > console, with a very readable font (better than any of the
> > ones I've used on FreeBSD at 80x25). I
>
> Have you tried vidcontrol VESA_800x600 or vidcontrol 132x60
> under FreeBSD?
It does turn on the 800x600 video mode. But it still leaves the
ugly 80x25 text mode running in a smallish window, leaving the
less comfortable to read text font, having a lot of unused border
space around the actual text screen. At least that what it does
here (seen on several notebooks, whenever I get my hands on these
I have them running FreeBSD for a while -- until they leave and
are to do some other things:).
Unless I missed something really obvious, there's no such thing
as a 100x37 or 100x40 text mode in FreeBSD. My search at the
FreeBSD website only pointed towards X related topics or splash
screen logos. But I would be happy to be proved wrong. :>
The magic Linux word is "fbset" which provides the ability to
configure text modes accessed very much in the way X "modelines"
work. This means that virtually _anything_ is possible. The
other advantage is that fb mode might be slower than native
gpaphics chipset acceleration, but the Xfb server runs
*everywhere* -- just like the ancient Xmono server did, even if
the VGA server refused to work.
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