Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 23:53:09 -0500 From: Vulpes Velox <v.velox@vvelox.net> To: Gianmarco <gmarco@giovannelli.it> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs Linux: more than 80 chars. Message-ID: <20040903235309.644b8c83@vixen42.24-119-122-191.cpe.cableone.net> In-Reply-To: <200409040422.22455.gmarco@giovannelli.it> References: <200409040422.22455.gmarco@giovannelli.it>
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On Sat, 4 Sep 2004 04:22:22 +0200 Gianmarco <gmarco@giovannelli.it> wrote: > Hi, the question is very simple. > > I'd like to have more than 80 chars on my console. > My env is: > * Dell latitude D600 > * FreeBSD 5.3-ALPHA > * ATI Radeon Lf R250 Mobility 9000 M9 > > My vidcontrol -i mode shows: > > --> begin <-- > > mode# flags type size font window > linear buffer > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------- > 24 (0x018) 0x00000001 T 80x25 8x16 0xb8000 32k 32k > 0x00000000 32k 30 (0x01e) 0x00000001 T 80x50 8x8 > 0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 32k 32 (0x020) 0x00000001 T 80x30 > 8x16 0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 32k > 34 (0x022) 0x00000001 T 80x60 8x8 0xb8000 32k 32k > 0x00000000 32k > [...] > 259 (0x103) 0x0000000f G 800x600x8 1 8x14 0xa0000 64k 64k > 0xe8000000 32704k > [...] > 275 (0x113) 0x0000000f G 800x600x15 1 8x14 0xa0000 64k 64k > 0xe8000000 32704k > 276 (0x114) 0x0000000f G 800x600x16 1 8x14 0xa0000 64k 64k > 0xe8000000 32704k > 277 (0x115) 0x0000000f G 800x600x24 1 8x14 0xa0000 64k 64k > 0xe8000000 32704k > [...] > 290 (0x122) 0x0000000f G 800x600x32 1 8x14 0xa0000 64k 64k > 0xe8000000 32704k > > ---> end <--- > > I have removed any line different from the text mode and from > 800x600. The full output is here if needed : > http://www.gufi.org/~gmarco/files/vid.txt > > I have used in the kernel: > options VESA > options SC_PIXEL_MODE > > But I am not able to use any mode wider than 80 chars (and this is > shown in the vidcontrol. Nor I am able to use any VESA_800x600 > graphic mode. > > Now I am asking here if am I missed something because some Linux > distributions I boot seems to use graphical modes and/or more than > 80 chars x line. Try a different font. Also there is another option in the kernel for like 90 or whatever... IIRC the defualt console font used limits it a bit.
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