From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 22 06:40:22 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E90D16A41F for ; Thu, 22 Sep 2005 06:40:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from LukeD@pobox.com) Received: from orb.pobox.com (orb.pobox.com [207.8.226.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1A0E43D48 for ; Thu, 22 Sep 2005 06:40:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from LukeD@pobox.com) Received: from orb (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by orb.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF75E1F04; Thu, 22 Sep 2005 02:40:42 -0400 (EDT) Received: from pool-71-112-194-180.sttlwa.dsl-w.verizon.net (pool-71-112-194-180.sttlwa.dsl-w.verizon.net [71.112.194.180]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by orb.sasl.smtp.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C5018A; Thu, 22 Sep 2005 02:40:40 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 23:40:14 -0700 (PDT) From: Luke Dean X-X-Sender: lukas@border.crystalsphere.multiverse To: bob self In-Reply-To: <43320FF5.3000706@charter.net> Message-ID: <20050921232517.N1562@border.crystalsphere.multiverse> References: <43320FF5.3000706@charter.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: higher resolution console screen? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Luke Dean List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 06:40:22 -0000 On Wed, 21 Sep 2005, bob self wrote: > 5.4-STABLE FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE #0: Tue Sep 20 15:33:58 EDT 2005 > > > I have a 19" LCD monitor and usually run in console mode. My screen > resolution is 80x25, > but I'd like to get something like 120 x 60 if possible. I've played with > vidcontrol, but so far can't > get it to do anything useful. Also my console screen is now shifted to the > left one character, but when > I run startx my gui screen is shifted to the right about 1 character. > > My card is a nvidia card with 128 megs or ram and I have enabled vesa in the > kernel and have vesa_load="YES" > in /boot/loader.conf. However, I get this error in dmesg: > > module_register: module vesa already exists! > Module vesa failed to register: 17 > > How can I fix these problems? About the left/right shifting.. I also have a 19" LCD monitor, Nvidia card (a GeForce FX 5500), vesa enabled in the kernel, and I used to get a shifting problem like you describe. I switched from Xorg's nv driver to Nvidia's linux driver (ports/x11/nvidia-driver) and the shifting problem went away. Before I switched, resyncing the monitor would correct the problem. Mine is a dual-boot machine that runs WinXP and FreeBSD 5.4, and since switching to Nvidia's driver made the problem go away, I reasoned that the nv driver and the Nvidia driver for Windows were confusing the monitor by using slightly different refresh rates for the same screen mode or something, and that's why I had to resync it every time I rebooted from one OS to the other.