From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Mar 27 15:20: 7 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from dan.emsphone.com (dan.emsphone.com [199.67.51.101]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43E9637B405 for ; Wed, 27 Mar 2002 15:20:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from dan.emsphone.com (smmsp@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dan.emsphone.com (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g2RNJjZM013284; Wed, 27 Mar 2002 17:19:45 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dan@dan.emsphone.com) Received: (from dan@localhost) by dan.emsphone.com (8.12.2/8.12.2/Submit) id g2RNJi3B013274; Wed, 27 Mar 2002 17:19:44 -0600 (CST) Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 17:19:44 -0600 From: Dan Nelson To: winston Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: vidcontrol: 132x46 <- not working Message-ID: <20020327231943.GA91501@dan.emsphone.com> References: <200203272304.g2RN4iA02622@zerg.codec.ro> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200203272304.g2RN4iA02622@zerg.codec.ro> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i X-OS: FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT X-message-flag: Outlook Error Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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