Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 09:07:15 -0600 (MDT) From: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com> To: Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Danny Howard <dannyman@tellme.com>, mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: text console size on IBM TP 240? Message-ID: <200009301507.JAA08295@nomad.yogotech.com> In-Reply-To: <200009292223.e8TMN6A60612@mass.osd.bsdi.com> References: <20000929151752.K34935@never.tellme.com> <200009292223.e8TMN6A60612@mass.osd.bsdi.com>
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> > But, as small as the screen is, I think I'd just as soon stick with the > > console for most things, and run screen. Unfortunately, the console leaves > > well over an inch of LCD on each side, making the font smaller and less fun to > > squint at than it should be. > > > > I looked through LINT, but have no clue if I can coax the text console in to > > eating up the entire LCD. Has anyone a good experience here and can point me > > in the right direction? > > There's probably an undocumented BIOS hotkey that will put the screen in > 'stretch' mode. Try Fn and work your way through everything until you > find it. On my IBM, it's in the ThinkPad configuration, and isn't available via a keyboard hotkey. However, once set, it stays set even after reboots. Didn't PHK commit some code to the boot monitor to do a BIOS call to 'stretch' the screen a while back? Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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