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Date:      Fri, 22 Sep 2000 16:43:01 +0200
From:      Graham Wheeler <gram@cequrux.com>
To:        Sean Winn <sean@gothic.net.au>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Framebuffer driver?
Message-ID:  <39CB6FF5.FDE57266@cequrux.com>
References:  <39CB622E.4B1A6BE4@cequrux.com> <002201c0249d$995d2e20$1d48b6ca@mysterious>

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Sean Winn wrote:
> 
> If you include 'options VESA' or load the vesa.ko, and load an appropriate
> 8x8 font, you can use VESA video modes.
> 
> vidcontrol supports VESA_800x600 with an option 'SC_PIXEL_MODE'
> 
> 'man vidcontrol' has more details about this.... (I've never actually tried
> it myself, only noticed it when I was looking for 80x50 information :)

Looking at the modes, though, it looks like there are only 80 column and
132 column ones. I can't see that a 800x600 LCD will support 132 column
text. As I mentioned, under Linux I'm getting 100 columns. I like this
extra width more than I like the extra height (I tend to have mc running
most of the time, and its great with the extra width).

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