Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2005 08:56:03 -0700 From: Jay O'Brien <jayobrien@att.net> To: Michal Mertl <mime@traveller.cz> Cc: FreeBSD - questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH TO TEST] VESA [1024x768] mode support for FreeBSD-CURRENT Message-ID: <42594C93.5070203@att.net> In-Reply-To: <1113127599.8293.116.camel@genius2.i.cz> References: <0IEH00KMJ6U14XA0@store.etat.lu> <1112729834.68302.2.camel@genius2.i.cz> <4258D61C.90301@att.net> <1113127599.8293.116.camel@genius2.i.cz>
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Michal Mertl wrote: > Jay O'Brien wrote: > >>Michal Mertl wrote: >> >> >>>Didier Wiroth wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>Hi, >>>> >>>>I'm using freebsd 5.4-prerelease on my laptop. My laptop has an ati >>>>mobility radeon 9600. >>>>Unfortunately it has very poor console vesa support. SC_PIXEL_MODE does >>>>not work, 90x60 is the highest resolution I can get for now. >>>>It looks like I'm not the only one having this problem with ati >>>>chipsets: >>>>http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=1091839+1096057+/usr/local/w >>>>ww/db/text/2005/freebsd-questions/20050123.freebsd-questions >>>> >>>> >>>>I saw this posting: >>>>http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2004-August/035621.ht >>>>ml >>>> >>>>Unfortunately I'm not a programmer and have no ... to very poor patching >>>>skills. >>>>It looks to me, that in this posting(s) a "few" patches are grouped >>>>together to enable vesa 1024x768. >>>> >>>>1) Has someone applied this patches? >>>>2) As the patch(es) is/are on the entire page, I don't know how to >>>>separate them. Would someone mail me as an attachment the different >>>>patches and tell me how I should apply them: >>>>for example, mail me patch1, patch2, patch3 >>>>and the explanation how to patch them: >>>>cd /usr/src >>>>patch < ~/patch1 >>>>patch < ~/patch2 ...etc >>> >>> >>>I think the newest and probably best (?) patch was prepared by Xin Li >>>(deplhij@freebsd.org) who is also committer. I sent this email to him >>>(or she? - sorry about that) in case he has some comments. Beware that >>>he said he experienced some problems with previous version of the patch. >>> >>>I haven't tested this version of the patch myself but it at least >>>compiles. >>> >>>It's available at http://people.freebsd.org/~delphij/vesa/ >>>in files syscons.diff.20050215 and vidcontrol.diff.20050215 >>> >>>You would apply them with: >>> >>>cd /usr/src/sys/dev/syscons >>>patch < /path/syscons.diff.20050215 >>>cd /usr/src/usr.sbin/vidcontrol >>>patch </path/vidcontrol.diff.20050215 >>>make clean >>>make all >>>make install >>> >>>You need also to rebuild and reinstall the kernel. You must have >>>'options SC_PIXEL_MODE' in your kernel config. You also need to have >>>VESA available - you can load it with kldload vesa or include it in the >>>kernel with 'options VESA'. >>> >>>After reboot with the new kernel you should be able to get list of all >>>VESA and standard modes your card support with 'vidcontrol -i mode'. To >>>be able to use them as your console mode you need to have the >>>appropriate font loaded. The font resolution is seen in vidcontrol >>>output in the 'font' column. To load the font 8x8 you can use >>>'vidcontrol -f /usr/share/syscons/fonts/cp437-8x8.fnt' or similar. To >>>set the mode use 'vidcontrol MODE_$num' where $num is the mode number >>>(first column in 'vidcontrol -i mode' output). >>> >>>HTH >>> >>>Michal >>> >>> >> >> >>I feel like I am missing a lot here. I want to display 132 characters per >>line on my console. I am not running X Windows and it is not a notebook. > > > It doesn't matter. I only saw the most complaints from notebook owners > who didn't have text mode console covering all LCD surface. > > >>I am running 5.3-RELEASE-p5 #0. >> >>What is this SC_PIXEL_MODE and where may I find documentation on it? I >>don't find it in /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/NOTES. > > > man syscons(4). It's also mentioned in NOTES although not the NOTES you > were looking at. Don't forget that on 5.x there are two conf directories > - one platform independent in /sys/conf and other in /sys/$ARCH/conf. > Common (platform independent) options like this one are > in /sys/conf/NOTES. > Thanks! Now that I see that it is perhaps not required for my system, that is not a laptop, is it possible that I don't need this at all? Is it definitely needed to support 132 character terminal mode, or is just needed for laptops? > >>To "rebuild and reinstall the kernel", after editing my >>/usr/src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC to insert 'options SC_PIXEL_MODE', would I >>'make buildkernel' and then 'make installkernel' or is there something >>else I'm missing? > > > No, that's the way to do it. > > >>I note that some of the messages are posted to multiple mailing lists, >>and I suspect that as I only read questions@freebsd.org I'm not seeing >>the entire story. > > > I'm afraid that's quite possible. Please go search the archives. > > >>Jay O'Brien >>Rio Linda, California USA > > > Michal Mertl > > Prague, Bohemia, Czech Republic :-) > It is wonderful to be a part of a caring community that spans the world, without concern for international borders. Fortunately for me, everyone uses english; I'm stuck with only one language (plus international morse code, but that's another story). Jay O'Brien Rio Linda, California, USA
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