From owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Sun Jan 15 00:27:12 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE528CB0E59 for ; Sun, 15 Jan 2017 00:27:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kob6558@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wm0-x236.google.com (mail-wm0-x236.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c09::236]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 40B9119E6 for ; Sun, 15 Jan 2017 00:27:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kob6558@gmail.com) Received: by mail-wm0-x236.google.com with SMTP id f73so21266226wmf.1 for ; Sat, 14 Jan 2017 16:27:12 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc; bh=v8JrTV1TbZoqt61UcHOb0ovE/VZunQUviqp/ai0y7BA=; b=qpZXRUI7rYpgAe/p+IiH/Jxl+rtwwQ+0PUiWV6cFyPpqUC4Op2+x1CO2wEwj2rY32Z IrblBtfj+Qa/qXKUkFdPTTbt4E2R+nDTNKwbxDxqhCNmRUVZd6v2iFo1cNDoKj/LSF2E 2kTVbV0FJg5n5GAmvewpN2oV1p8BaW99DS6S4YSPhP5rv8ESeWPrw+NICmO0LMZ6dh3q kOwjvkFFhRKqyWYdfRYRM/dh4A+fnBoULfwZtBpBq3cHMcNqgnBiyayc+fzLFoeZTrZX si0KmChX0m2KBu7++LBwADB0P/Q0BzHK8GGtzf0g+JNTpIsP+WBsBTqGbXWnyzABU7P6 tyJA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from :date:message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=v8JrTV1TbZoqt61UcHOb0ovE/VZunQUviqp/ai0y7BA=; b=aFfyPZORRF+TkTBqeeDGGNwEpaOqt4f2KF+Jl7wAbRw+nYotqGedR5n6g9k+YBK7rT l81KE3ZtdLaPVIbq0ik/y0zBGk5g/n6vO4XEgPgVK1DHnevnypubJK/3En5isK/mE1nq hwWKLFTa89E5ImHSeNeKK7ifZ7Otjtqs4gPnVyBmf3Sx07dm7Z4K2g8J9q4dLkOhuoSn czdYckYpJ7Qy2TO87QBLmP1lYcn3Nm3qodkUcO/xcHFqQqoqMDA83PFkyfmdpfvlIpUk Sm8IzU0mbsl8cbm+U4d+593kaMRD+XrwRb2yy//gkM7e5wJVBR0xkzOeAUiN2b0O36hq qRzA== X-Gm-Message-State: AIkVDXKlM1rhrM0FfUwawJ7ZAGDbIRbe7oePMXZVTCdgNFwBKKDnTrrJX6AHUNoQrQXVfRHkrbDKwODCgYuirg== X-Received: by 10.28.195.70 with SMTP id t67mr7414247wmf.98.1484440030651; Sat, 14 Jan 2017 16:27:10 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: kob6558@gmail.com Received: by 10.28.41.194 with HTTP; Sat, 14 Jan 2017 16:27:09 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <96CA08DF-582A-4405-9E65-B19230EA37DA@gmail.com> From: Kevin Oberman Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2017 16:27:09 -0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: NJA2cFL4btGbO4FqZ_YsvWkaKRI Message-ID: Subject: Re: vt(4) chops off the leftmost three columns To: Adrian Chadd Cc: Matthias Andree , freebsd-current Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.23 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2017 00:27:12 -0000 On Sat, Jan 14, 2017 at 2:11 PM, Adrian Chadd wrote: > It depends(tm). I think the VT code just does "640x480x4bpp" and lets > the BIOS sort it out. A lot of things don't cope well with 640x480 > these days - they try autodetecting picture edges, but a black border > makes that very difficult. > > > -adrian > Can you use vidcontrol(1) to change to something better? 1600x900, maybe? (Note, I have not tried this and I know that vt does not support a lot of vidcontrol functionality, but starting X sets the display to 200x56 characters on my laptop.) -- Kevin Oberman, Part time kid herder and retired Network Engineer E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com PGP Fingerprint: D03FB98AFA78E3B78C1694B318AB39EF1B055683 > On 14 January 2017 at 08:57, Matthias Andree > wrote: > > Am 14.01.2017 um 00:11 schrieb Alan Somers: > >> I take it back. The first three columns _are_ rendered, but they > >> don't show up on some monitiors. It's as if those monitors require a > >> minimum amount of overscan on the left side of the screen, and vt(4) > >> doesn't provide enough. Can that be tuned? > > > > Once upon a time, I've seen similar things on Linux, but with fewer > > pixels offset, when switching framebuffer drivers - back then, the > > scanning-VGA-timing was an issue. Is there any way to tweak the row and > > column timings, with blank periods, viewport offsets and thereabouts? > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@ > freebsd.org" > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >