Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 01:54:13 +0100 From: "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@atkielski.com> To: "list" <list@museum.rain.com> Cc: "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: How do I set vidcontrol modes? Message-ID: <01bd01c17227$0da4f510$0a00000a@atkielski.com> References: <014d01c1721d$74e0c470$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <20011120164631.B11629@museum.rain.com>
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But the vidcontrol -i mode command only lists modes with numbers to reference
them; it doesn't seem to give the keywords that I need to specify in the same
command in order to change the mode. But then vidcontrol doesn't seem to
recognize just a number for the mode. So how do I pick a mode off the list and
specify it in a subsequent vidcontrol command in order to change modes?
For example:
freebie# vidcontrol -i mode
mode# flags type size font window linear buffer
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
0 (0x000) 0x00000001 T 40x25 8x8 0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 32k
1 (0x001) 0x00000001 T 40x25 8x8 0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 32k
2 (0x002) 0x00000001 T 80x25 8x8 0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 32k
3 (0x003) 0x00000001 T 80x25 8x8 0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 32k
4 (0x004) 0x00000003 G 320x200x2 1 8x8 0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 32k
5 (0x005) 0x00000003 G 320x200x2 1 8x8 0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 32k
6 (0x006) 0x00000003 G 640x200x1 1 8x8 0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 32k
13 (0x00d) 0x00000003 G 320x200x4 4 8x8 0xa0000 64k 64k 0x00000000 256k
14 (0x00e) 0x00000003 G 640x200x4 4 8x8 0xa0000 64k 64k 0x00000000 256k
325 (0x145) 0x0000000f G 1600x1200x8 1 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k 0xd0000000 65536k
[...]
326 (0x146) 0x0000000f G 1600x1200x16 1 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k 0xd0000000 65536k
Now how do I specify one of these modes in a vidcontrol command?
----- Original Message -----
From: "list" <list@museum.rain.com>
To: "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@atkielski.com>
Cc: "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 01:46
Subject: Re: How do I set vidcontrol modes?
> On Wed, Nov 21, 2001 at 12:45:31AM +0100, Anthony Atkielski wrote:
> > Okay, I give up: How do I set a video mode in vidcontrol after finding one
on
> > the list produced by vidcontrol -i mode that I wish to use? I tried
specifying
> > the number of the mode, with no luck. Tried it in hex, too (e.g.,
"vidcontrol
> > 0x325") but that doesn't work, either. What's the secret? No, the man page
> > doesn't explain it.
> >
>
> You want vidcontrol mode where mode is the mode you want. For example,
>
> vidcontrol 80x43
>
> Make sure you have the necessary kernel stuff for VESA support.
>
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