From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 6 17:27:49 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 6 17:27:47 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp2.libero.it (smtp2.libero.it [193.70.192.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68B3037B400 for ; Wed, 6 Dec 2000 17:27:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from MoonSpell.NewLuxor (151.33.115.124) by smtp2.libero.it; 7 Dec 2000 02:27:41 +0100 Received: from localhost (flag@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by MoonSpell.NewLuxor (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id eB6I0Sr00268; Wed, 6 Dec 2000 19:00:28 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from flag@libero.it) Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 19:00:27 +0100 (CET) From: flag X-Sender: flag@localhost To: Dan Nelson Cc: Allan Dib , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Higher resolution text mode In-Reply-To: <20001204171835.A4798@dan.emsphone.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 4 Dec 2000, Dan Nelson wrote: > vidcontrol -f 8x8 iso-8x8 > vidcontrol 80x50 > > I prefer the swiss-8x8 font and VGA_90x50 myself. I tried the swiss font and it worked, but not the VGA_90x50 mode: [root@MoonSpell flag]#vidcontrol VGA_90x50 vidcontrol: cannot set videomode: Operation not supported by device [root@MoonSpell flag]#uname -a FreeBSD MoonSpell.NewLuxor 4.2-STABLE FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE #0: Fri Dec 1 23:49:10 CET 2000 flag@MoonSpell.NewLuxor:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/NEWLUXOR i386 [root@MoonSpell flag]# What mean this? My gfx card is a Matrox G400 fully VESA 2.0 compliant, so I should be able to use that mode...=P I don't know... Anyway, how can I know which font/videomode I can use? Paolo To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message