From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 2 13:37:02 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C68016A417 for ; Thu, 2 Aug 2007 13:37:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (ns0.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1::1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D2EE13C459 for ; Thu, 2 Aug 2007 13:37:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1]) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id l72Daihv074749; Thu, 2 Aug 2007 14:36:45 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Authentication-Results: smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk from=m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk; sender-id=permerror; spf=permerror X-SenderID: Sendmail Sender-ID Filter v0.2.14 smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk l72Daihv074749 Message-ID: <46B1DDEC.4010508@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2007 14:36:44 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman Organization: Infracaninophile User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.5 (X11/20070721) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alan Mackenzie References: <20070802122029.GA17937@muc.de> In-Reply-To: <20070802122029.GA17937@muc.de> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1]); Thu, 02 Aug 2007 14:36:56 +0100 (BST) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.91.1/3847/Thu Aug 2 12:26:26 2007 on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, DKIM_POLICY_SIGNSOME,DKIM_POLICY_TESTING,DK_POLICY_SIGNSOME,NO_RELAYS autolearn=ham version=3.2.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.1 (2007-05-02) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.2. Can I get 128x48 (or similar) console screens? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2007 13:37:02 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Alan Mackenzie wrote: > Is it possible I've missed something relevant? Or is there some sort of > add-on utility which would give me consoles with (approximately) 128x48? vidcontrol(1) -- it's part of the base system. > My hardware is a desktop PC with a 1.2 GHz Athlon and a Matrox G400 AGP > video card. Should work fine. You may need to 'kldload vga' (see vga(4) and syscons(4)) to get some of the higher res modes, or even build yourself a customized kernel. Cheers, Matthew - -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGsd3s8Mjk52CukIwRCCnCAJ9q+X6hj2+cAu8ZVydns7FXJ0hOlQCeKTu9 CV+HXuBQHVMWtIAc/6QTtE0= =6WpA -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----