From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 7 23:32:19 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 602B4593 for ; Sun, 7 Apr 2013 23:32:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nwhitehorn@freebsd.org) Received: from smtpauth2.wiscmail.wisc.edu (wmauth2.doit.wisc.edu [144.92.197.222]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D88A7A2 for ; Sun, 7 Apr 2013 23:32:18 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Received: from avs-daemon.smtpauth2.wiscmail.wisc.edu by smtpauth2.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Oracle Communications Messaging Server 7u4-27.01(7.0.4.27.0) 64bit (built Aug 30 2012)) id <0MKW00300OL72D00@smtpauth2.wiscmail.wisc.edu> for freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org; Sun, 07 Apr 2013 17:32:12 -0500 (CDT) X-Spam-PmxInfo: Server=avs-2, Version=5.6.1.2065439, Antispam-Engine: 2.7.2.376379, Antispam-Data: 2013.4.7.222415, SenderIP=0.0.0.0 X-Spam-Report: AuthenticatedSender=yes, SenderIP=0.0.0.0 Received: from wanderer.tachypleus.net (adsl-76-208-67-228.dsl.mdsnwi.sbcglobal.net [76.208.67.228]) by smtpauth2.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Oracle Communications Messaging Server 7u4-27.01(7.0.4.27.0) 64bit (built Aug 30 2012)) with ESMTPSA id <0MKW002DTP9NFE20@smtpauth2.wiscmail.wisc.edu> for freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org; Sun, 07 Apr 2013 17:32:12 -0500 (CDT) Message-id: <5161F3EB.8030909@freebsd.org> Date: Sun, 07 Apr 2013 17:32:11 -0500 From: Nathan Whitehorn User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130317 Thunderbird/17.0.4 To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4:3 console on 19:10 screen References: <20130406113943.GA896@g5.meroh.net> In-reply-to: <20130406113943.GA896@g5.meroh.net> X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 07 Apr 2013 23:32:19 -0000 On 04/06/13 06:39, Julio Merino wrote: > Hello, > > I have a PowerMac attached to a 24" widescreen capable of 1920x1200@60Hz. > The graphics card is an nVidia GeForce FX 5200 Ultra (NV34). > > OpenFirmware properly sets up the screen to its highest resolution and > uses the full display to show the console. > > When FreeBSD powerpc64 9.1 boots, I get a 4:3 console centered on the > screen. According to the monitor's built-in information panel, however, > the screen is properly set up to 1920x1200. This makes me believe that > FreeBSD is correctly setting the display to its native resolution but, > for some reason, forces the console to be 4:3 (which is a 72 lines by > 99 columns). > > Any ideas on how to change this? vidcontrol appears to be not working, > as the output of "vidcontrol -i mode" is non-sense (and the screen is > ats native resolution anyway!). > > Thanks! > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ppc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > syscons has some stupid hardcoded maximum screen width parameters that are too small for 1920 x 1200. X should be OK. If you are interested in rebuilding your kernel from source, the hardcoded maximum width in in /sys/dev/syscons/syscons.h around line 150 (definitions of COL and ROW). You'll note there that the maximum size is 1600x1200, which I guess is what you are seeing. You want to change COL to 240 and recompile and reinstall your kernel. Hopefully we get a new console layer before too long... -Nathan