From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 6 20:59:52 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 D110310B for ; Sat, 6 Apr 2013 20:59:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from superbisquit@gmail.com) Received: from mail-oa0-f42.google.com (mail-oa0-f42.google.com [209.85.219.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1E84D4 for ; Sat, 6 Apr 2013 20:59:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-oa0-f42.google.com with SMTP id i18so5092010oag.1 for ; Sat, 06 Apr 2013 13:59:52 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-received:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:content-type; bh=RCKs3i4IPSqxCEja5/imrRKqXyRP/e4rAZ+pMGmEMzM=; b=Jhr0WuYHqwHAJfPOOk/2mR3hxfDc2f/jXLyuEkSLtP17wYYA3R1XCNZBndnRb8uHuR EHPRrDOGMBKG5aQ251kNY8njLosOV8dZwLVJkwKMfHAW8vu98lDFXV6hiBRL5FpDth5e JR/UtcTdEJcm9t0REWpYVZ+4r4RzT7zfDWDG/0e7pYxAlhmT+AEDVrU+WE+ebKbSzmpb oqT4088wgRuoqvGWP1NeDP9coqv37I+DjFnw9cqysLvJdoHamuAKqCma9HwxYIZ0cdM8 NUKbxd/rAjijiqEkX6vxYgpT5gDAPRrdZ7hC852rXEDTgExcVzWjIcnwFPVZTZeLjv8g 2Cuw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.182.33.102 with SMTP id q6mr11429292obi.39.1365281992068; Sat, 06 Apr 2013 13:59:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.182.52.169 with HTTP; Sat, 6 Apr 2013 13:59:51 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20130406113943.GA896@g5.meroh.net> References: <20130406113943.GA896@g5.meroh.net> Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2013 16:59:51 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: 4:3 console on 19:10 screen From: Super Bisquit To: Julio Merino , FreeBSD PowerPC ML Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 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: Sat, 06 Apr 2013 20:59:52 -0000 Xorg is done with "Xorg -configure -retro" and you put the values in. The Gentoo SPARC(64) FAQ section has a part on setting vid mode with OpenBoot. OpenBoot and OpenFirmware are basically the same thing. However, know that it is better to use Xorg -configure on a PPC machine. On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 7:39 AM, 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" >