From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 18 12:17:54 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0F6216A4CF for ; Tue, 18 Jan 2005 12:17:54 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.de [213.165.64.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 937D843D2D for ; Tue, 18 Jan 2005 12:17:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from emanuel.strobl@gmx.net) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 18 Jan 2005 12:17:52 -0000 Received: from flb.schmalzbauer.de (EHLO cale.flintsbach.schmalzbauer.de) (62.245.232.135) by mail.gmx.net (mp007) with SMTP; 18 Jan 2005 13:17:52 +0100 X-Authenticated: #301138 From: Emanuel Strobl To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 13:17:39 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.7.2 References: <417FBD79471FC74E98397AF3640E6AC531F56B@phyexha.physics.uiuc.edu> In-Reply-To: <417FBD79471FC74E98397AF3640E6AC531F56B@phyexha.physics.uiuc.edu> X-Birthday: 10/06/72 X-CelPhone: +49 173 9967781 X-Tel: +49 89 18947781 X-Country: Germany X-Address: Munich, 80686 X-OS: FreeBSD MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart2135914.rqBh1Hu7dD"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200501181317.44034.emanuel.strobl@gmx.net> X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 cc: "Galanaki, Dimitrios" cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" Subject: Re: console resolution on a T41 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 12:17:55 -0000 --nextPart2135914.rqBh1Hu7dD Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Am Dienstag, 18. Januar 2005 08:07 schrieb Galanaki, Dimitrios: > I am trying to increase the console resolution on my Thinkpad T41 which h= as > an ATI mobility radeon card. > > >From what I read the standard step is to add the lines following lines in > > the kernel configuration file: > options VESA > options SC_PIXEL_MODE > However when I run > vidcontrol -g 100x37 VESA_800x600 > I still get that the mode is not supported by the device. > Is there something that I am missing here? Has anyone tried to increase > console resolution on a T41 Thinkpad or even an ATI mobility radeon lapto= p? Unfortunately syscons uses 800x600 with 16 colors (4 bit, mode 258) and all= =20 ATI cards I know don't support that mode, only 800x600x8 (256 colors, mode= =20 259). You can check your card features with 'vidcontrol -i mode'. I'm no programmer, otherwise I had patched syscons to use mode 0x103 (259)= =20 instead of 0x102. Perhaps you are lucky and find somebody who corrects this. ALso, search the archives, some months ago some good guys made syscons use= =20 higher resolutions, perhaps they also implemented more sensful mode=20 selection. =2DHarry > > D. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" --nextPart2135914.rqBh1Hu7dD Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBB7P5nBylq0S4AzzwRAi05AJ0fh/svET7JzuzwBRmxjWocruAN3wCfWEpo Vss5ePZjO/OLWB7Tl+lKeeY= =P9jj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart2135914.rqBh1Hu7dD--