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Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:19:28 +1000
From: Da Rock <freebsd-questions@herveybayaustralia.com.au>
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Subject: Re: laptop freebsd display not filling whole screen
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On 02/15/12 20:12, Da Rock wrote:
> On 02/15/12 19:25, Fbsd8 wrote:
>> I installed 9.0 on a Toshiba laptop. The Freebsd console only fills a 
>> small box in the center of the screen. I found nothing in the 
>> handbook about this so I am asking here.
>>
>> How do I get the console to fill to whole laptop screen?
> You are talking about a terminal screen and not X Windows?
If you are talking of the terminal screen, then check man vidcontrol.