Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 17:19:44 -0600 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: winston <duke99@email.ro> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: vidcontrol: 132x46 <- not working Message-ID: <20020327231943.GA91501@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <200203272304.g2RN4iA02622@zerg.codec.ro> References: <200203272304.g2RN4iA02622@zerg.codec.ro>
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In the last episode (Mar 28), winston said: > Dan wrote: > > In the last episode (Mar 28), winston said: > > > I tried to set my video mode other than 80x25, particulary a > > > larger one, e.g.132x43, but I couldnt succeed. I loaded all three > > > kinds of fonts (8x8, 8x14, 8x16), loaded the vesa module (via > > > kldload). > > > > > > vidcontrol -i mode doesnt show any video mode (text mode) with at > > > least 100 columns... > > > > If "vidcontrol -i mode" doesn't show any 132x* modes then they > > don't exist. I think lots of the newer 3d cards have dropped most > > vesa support, including the neat 132-col modes. > > any suggestion how to set up a larger mode then??? beside 80x modes. Besides using X, or finding another video card? I like the 90x modes, and since they're based off the 80x modes they always are available. you'll need to rebuild your kernel with "options VGA_WIDTH90". -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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