Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2017 21:08:23 -0800 From: Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd@gmail.com> To: Ernie Luzar <luzar722@gmail.com> Cc: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com>, Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de>, freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: vt(4) chops off the leftmost three columns Message-ID: <CAJ-Vmo=UfpT4FyBX974ijPZL7X16uS-iAZrgkiH9JVE-h2WWTg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <587B0381.5090603@gmail.com> References: <CAOtMX2hg%2B-7F10Dx01_0_EzH_Q_eE2J%2B1wWjAiEO7f56ofCLgQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAPyFy2AAWeD-wMCR3aKG8mjPyn_4%2BMzGYBZnYYfddjtHTgDgQQ@mail.gmail.com> <96CA08DF-582A-4405-9E65-B19230EA37DA@gmail.com> <CAOtMX2gBn8iJiCZrzgDCSxBhVN%2B0rjWoXs0YYSNdCLnQwkgAYw@mail.gmail.com> <e85b7e66-6bc4-a8d5-e9be-c9a95c654d32@gmx.de> <CAJ-VmomUChdbFvcpE8xPb=7FX9DftsZQ79B5LYAoyO3wGBw4%2BA@mail.gmail.com> <CAN6yY1swa%2B%2BB3SynQzJ3jAWhKtDKntF0zxsuDZDTODfZWc=ntw@mail.gmail.com> <CAJ-Vmomq4GMkCQexex%2BkacFVytjyVnqppZn3uNEfAmOMTRmeOg@mail.gmail.com> <587B0381.5090603@gmail.com>
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heh. As always, patches gratefully accepted. :) -adrian On 14 January 2017 at 21:07, Ernie Luzar <luzar722@gmail.com> wrote: > > You can add these things to the vt to-do list > > Change the default font to look like sc. > Add copy/paste function like sc has. > Add splash screen support like sc has. > > > > Adrian Chadd wrote: >> >> hi, >> >> no, the vt_vga backend doesn't yet do VESA. >> >> I keep meaning to sit down and fix this, but life and wifi gets in the >> way. >> >> >> -adrian >> >> >> On 14 January 2017 at 16:27, Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> On Sat, Jan 14, 2017 at 2:11 PM, Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> It depends(tm). I think the VT code just does "640x480x4bpp" and lets >>>> the BIOS sort it out. A lot of things don't cope well with 640x480 >>>> these days - they try autodetecting picture edges, but a black border >>>> makes that very difficult. >>>> >>>> >>>> -adrian >>> >>> >>> Can you use vidcontrol(1) to change to something better? 1600x900, maybe? >>> (Note, I have not tried this and I know that vt does not support a lot of >>> vidcontrol functionality, but starting X sets the display to 200x56 >>> characters on my laptop.) >>> -- >>> Kevin Oberman, Part time kid herder and retired Network Engineer >>> E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com >>> PGP Fingerprint: D03FB98AFA78E3B78C1694B318AB39EF1B055683 >>> >>> >>>> On 14 January 2017 at 08:57, Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de> >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Am 14.01.2017 um 00:11 schrieb Alan Somers: >>>>>> >>>>>> I take it back. The first three columns _are_ rendered, but they >>>>>> don't show up on some monitiors. It's as if those monitors require a >>>>>> minimum amount of overscan on the left side of the screen, and vt(4) >>>>>> doesn't provide enough. Can that be tuned? >>>>> >>>>> Once upon a time, I've seen similar things on Linux, but with fewer >>>>> pixels offset, when switching framebuffer drivers - back then, the >>>>> scanning-VGA-timing was an issue. Is there any way to tweak the row and >>>>> column timings, with blank periods, viewport offsets and thereabouts? > > >
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