Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 23:32:43 -0400 (EDT) From: Peter <petermatulis@yahoo.ca> To: Stubborn <coldlostsick@yahoo.com.sg> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: been buggin' me for a while now (console resolution) Message-ID: <20060711033243.8020.qmail@web60022.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <44B2FF42.40908@yahoo.com.sg>
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--0-1999374288-1152588763=:7620 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Id: Content-Disposition: inline --- Stubborn <coldlostsick@yahoo.com.sg> wrote: > Peter wrote: > > Hi, I am running 5.4-STABLE and I would like to have better > resolution > > (more lines and columns) when I boot into console. I used to be > able > > to issue a command once there but I have forgotten that command. I > > remember trying to allude to it via rc.conf or a startup file > > (rc.local?) but it did not work. It seems to me that I needed the > > following in my rc.conf as a pre-requisite: > > > > font8x8="iso-8x8.fnt" > > font8x14="iso-8x14.fnt" > > font8x16="iso-8x16.fnt" > > > > So does anyone know how I can automatically get smaller fonts in my > > console? > You need to recompile your kernel with below > options VESA Allright, did that. > You need to include these in your rc.conf > allscreens_flags="132x25" I'm trying manually first and it's a "no go". This is the output of 'vidcontrol -i mode': 0 (0x000) 0x00000001 T 40x25 8x8 0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 32k 1 (0x001) 0x00000001 T 40x25 8x8 0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 32k 2 (0x002) 0x00000001 T 80x25 8x8 0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 32k 3 (0x003) 0x00000001 T 80x25 8x8 0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 32k 4 (0x004) 0x00000003 G 320x200x2 1 8x8 0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 32k 5 (0x005) 0x00000003 G 320x200x2 1 8x8 0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 32k 6 (0x006) 0x00000003 G 640x200x1 1 8x8 0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 32k 13 (0x00d) 0x00000003 G 320x200x4 4 8x8 0xa0000 64k 64k 0x00000000 256k 14 (0x00e) 0x00000003 G 640x200x4 4 8x8 0xa0000 64k 64k 0x00000000 256k 16 (0x010) 0x00000003 G 640x350x2 2 8x14 0xa0000 64k 64k 0x00000000 128k 18 (0x012) 0x00000003 G 640x350x4 4 8x14 0xa0000 64k 64k 0x00000000 256k 19 (0x013) 0x00000001 T 40x25 8x14 0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 32k 20 (0x014) 0x00000001 T 40x25 8x14 0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 32k 21 (0x015) 0x00000001 T 80x25 8x14 0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 32k 22 (0x016) 0x00000001 T 80x25 8x14 0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 32k 23 (0x017) 0x00000001 T 40x25 8x16 0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 32k 24 (0x018) 0x00000001 T 80x25 8x16 0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 32k 26 (0x01a) 0x00000003 G 640x480x4 4 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k 0x00000000 256k 27 (0x01b) 0x00000003 G 640x480x4 4 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k 0x00000000 256k 28 (0x01c) 0x00000003 G 320x200x8 1 8x8 0xa0000 64k 64k 0x00000000 64k 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 37 (0x025) 0x00000003 G 320x240x8 4 8x8 0xa0000 64k 64k 0x00000000 256k 112 (0x070) 0x00000000 T 80x43 8x8 0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 32k 113 (0x071) 0x00000001 T 80x43 8x8 0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 32k 256 (0x100) 0x0000000f G 640x400x8 1 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k 0xe0000000 262144k 257 (0x101) 0x0000000f G 640x480x8 1 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k 0xe0000000 262144k 258 (0x102) 0x0000000b G 800x600x4 4 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k 0x00000000 262144k 259 (0x103) 0x0000000f G 800x600x8 1 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k 0xe0000000 262144k 260 (0x104) 0x0000000b G 1024x768x4 4 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k 0x00000000 262144k 261 (0x105) 0x0000000f G 1024x768x8 1 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k 0xe0000000 262144k 262 (0x106) 0x0000000b G 1280x1024x4 4 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k 0x00000000 262144k 263 (0x107) 0x0000000f G 1280x1024x8 1 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k 0xe0000000 262144k 270 (0x10e) 0x0000000f G 320x200x16 1 8x8 0xa0000 64k 64k 0xe0000000 262144k 271 (0x10f) 0x0000000f G 320x200x32 1 8x8 0xa0000 64k 64k 0xe0000000 262144k 273 (0x111) 0x0000000f G 640x480x16 1 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k 0xe0000000 262144k 274 (0x112) 0x0000000f G 640x480x32 1 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k 0xe0000000 262144k 276 (0x114) 0x0000000f G 800x600x16 1 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k 0xe0000000 262144k 277 (0x115) 0x0000000f G 800x600x32 1 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k 0xe0000000 262144k 279 (0x117) 0x0000000f G 1024x768x16 1 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k 0xe0000000 262144k 280 (0x118) 0x0000000f G 1024x768x32 1 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k 0xe0000000 262144k 282 (0x11a) 0x0000000f G 1280x1024x16 1 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k 0xe0000000 262144k 283 (0x11b) 0x0000000f G 1280x1024x32 1 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k 0xe0000000 262144k 304 (0x130) 0x0000000f G 320x200x8 1 8x8 0xa0000 64k 64k 0xe0000000 262144k 305 (0x131) 0x0000000f G 320x400x8 1 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k 0xe0000000 262144k 306 (0x132) 0x0000000f G 320x400x16 1 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k 0xe0000000 262144k 307 (0x133) 0x0000000f G 320x400x32 1 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k 0xe0000000 262144k 308 (0x134) 0x0000000f G 320x240x8 1 8x8 0xa0000 64k 64k 0xe0000000 262144k 309 (0x135) 0x0000000f G 320x240x16 1 8x8 0xa0000 64k 64k 0xe0000000 262144k 310 (0x136) 0x0000000f G 320x240x32 1 8x8 0xa0000 64k 64k 0xe0000000 262144k 317 (0x13d) 0x0000000f G 640x400x16 1 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k 0xe0000000 262144k 318 (0x13e) 0x0000000f G 640x400x32 1 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k 0xe0000000 262144k 325 (0x145) 0x0000000f G 1600x1200x8 1 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k 0xe0000000 262144k 326 (0x146) 0x0000000f G 1600x1200x16 1 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k 0xe0000000 262144k 327 (0x147) 0x0000000f G 1400x1050x8 1 8x14 0xa0000 64k 64k 0xe0000000 262144k 328 (0x148) 0x0000000f G 1400x1050x16 1 8x14 0xa0000 64k 64k 0xe0000000 262144k 338 (0x152) 0x0000000f G 2048x1536x32 1 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k 0xe0000000 262144k I am also attaching my dmesg output if that can help. 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FreeBSD 5.5-PRERELEASE #0: Mon Jul 10 22:59:45 EDT 2006 super@sonata.lan.papamike.ca:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SONATA_6 Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0 CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+ (2009.79-MHz 686-class CPU) Origin = "AuthenticAMD" Id = 0xfc0 Stepping = 0 Features=0x78bfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2> AMD Features=0xe0500000<NX,AMIE,LM,DSP,3DNow!> real memory = 1073676288 (1023 MB) avail memory = 1036931072 (988 MB) ACPI APIC Table: <Nvidia AWRDACPI> ioapic0 <Version 1.1> irqs 0-23 on motherboard npx0: <math processor> on motherboard npx0: INT 16 interface acpi0: <Nvidia AWRDACPI> on motherboard acpi0: Power Button (fixed) Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000 acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x1008-0x100b on acpi0 cpu0: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0 acpi_button0: <Power Button> on acpi0 pcib0: <ACPI Host-PCI bridge> port 0xcf0-0xcf3,0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0 pci0: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib0 agp0: <NVIDIA Generic AGP Controller> mem 0xf0000000-0xf1ffffff at device 0.0 on pci0 agp0: Unable to find NVIDIA Memory Controller 1. device_attach: agp0 attach returned 19 isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 1.0 on pci0 isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0 pci0: <serial bus, SMBus> at device 1.1 (no driver attached) ohci0: <OHCI (generic) USB controller> mem 0xf6003000-0xf6003fff irq 22 at device 2.0 on pci0 usb0: OHCI version 1.0, legacy support usb0: <OHCI (generic) USB controller> on ohci0 usb0: USB revision 1.0 uhub0: nVidia OHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub0: 4 ports with 4 removable, self powered ohci1: <OHCI (generic) USB controller> mem 0xf6004000-0xf6004fff irq 21 at device 2.1 on pci0 usb1: OHCI version 1.0, legacy support usb1: <OHCI (generic) USB controller> on ohci1 usb1: USB revision 1.0 uhub1: nVidia OHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub1: 4 ports with 4 removable, self powered ehci0: <EHCI (generic) USB 2.0 controller> mem 0xf6005000-0xf60050ff irq 20 at device 2.2 on pci0 usb2: EHCI version 1.0 usb2: companion controllers, 4 ports each: usb0 usb1 usb2: <EHCI (generic) USB 2.0 controller> on ehci0 usb2: USB revision 2.0 uhub2: nVidia EHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub2: 8 ports with 8 removable, self powered pcm0: <nVidia nForce3 250> port 0xe000-0xe07f,0xdc00-0xdcff mem 0xf6001000-0xf6001fff irq 22 at device 6.0 on pci0 pcm0: <Avance Logic ALC850 AC97 Codec> atapci0: <nVidia nForce3 Pro UDMA133 controller> port 0xf000-0xf00f,0x376,0x170-0x177,0x3f6,0x1f0-0x1f7 at device 8.0 on pci0 ata0: channel #0 on atapci0 ata1: channel #1 on atapci0 pcib1: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 11.0 on pci0 pci1: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib1 nvidia0: <GeForce FX 5500> mem 0xe0000000-0xefffffff,0xf2000000-0xf2ffffff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci1 pcib2: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 14.0 on pci0 ACPI link \\_SB_.PCI0.APC3 has invalid initial irq 5, ignoring ACPI link \\_SB_.PCI0.APC4 has invalid initial irq 11, ignoring pci2: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib2 skc0: <Marvell Gigabit Ethernet> port 0xc000-0xc0ff mem 0xf5000000-0xf5003fff irq 19 at device 11.0 on pci2 skc0: Marvell Yukon Lite Gigabit Ethernet rev. (0x9) sk0: <Marvell Semiconductor, Inc. Yukon> on skc0 sk0: Ethernet address: 00:0f:ea:ec:f1:4e miibus0: <MII bus> on sk0 e1000phy0: <Marvell 88E1000 Gigabit PHY> on miibus0 e1000phy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseTX-FDX, auto fwohci0: <Texas Instruments TSB43AB23> mem 0xf5004000-0xf5007fff,0xf5008000-0xf50087ff irq 18 at device 14.0 on pci2 fwohci0: OHCI version 1.10 (ROM=1) fwohci0: No. of Isochronous channels is 4. fwohci0: EUI64 00:0f:ea:00:00:e6:1f:80 fwohci0: Phy 1394a available S400, 3 ports. fwohci0: Link S400, max_rec 2048 bytes. firewire0: <IEEE1394(FireWire) bus> on fwohci0 sbp0: <SBP-2/SCSI over FireWire> on firewire0 fwe0: <Ethernet over FireWire> on firewire0 if_fwe0: Fake Ethernet address: 02:0f:ea:e6:1f:80 fwe0: Ethernet address: 02:0f:ea:e6:1f:80 fwe0: if_start running deferred for Giant fwohci0: Initiate bus reset fwohci0: node_id=0xc800ffc0, gen=1, CYCLEMASTER mode firewire0: 1 nodes, maxhop <= 0, cable IRM = 0 (me) firewire0: bus manager 0 (me) fdc0: <floppy drive controller> port 0x3f7,0x3f0-0x3f5 irq 6 drq 2 on acpi0 fd0: <1440-KB 3.5" drive> on fdc0 drive 0 sio0: <16550A-compatible COM port> port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on acpi0 sio0: type 16550A sio1: <16550A-compatible COM port> port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on acpi0 sio1: type 16550A ppc0: <Standard parallel printer port> port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on acpi0 ppc0: Generic chipset (NIBBLE-only) in COMPATIBLE mode ppbus0: <Parallel port bus> on ppc0 plip0: <PLIP network interface> on ppbus0 lpt0: <Printer> on ppbus0 lpt0: Interrupt-driven port ppi0: <Parallel I/O> on ppbus0 atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> port 0x64,0x60 irq 1 on acpi0 atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0 kbd0 at atkbd0 pmtimer0 on isa0 orm0: <ISA Option ROM> at iomem 0xc0000-0xcf7ff on isa0 sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0 sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300> vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0 ums0: Logitech USB Receiver, rev 1.10/9.10, addr 2, iclass 3/1 ums0: 5 buttons and Z dir. Timecounter "TSC" frequency 2009791726 Hz quality 800 Timecounters tick every 10.000 msec ad0: 38166MB <WDC WD400JB-00JJC0/05.01C05> [77545/16/63] at ata0-master UDMA100 ata1-slave: DMA limited to UDMA33, non-ATA66 cable or device acd0: CDROM <SAMSUNG CD-ROM SH-152A/C505> at ata1-master UDMA33 acd1: DVDR <AOPEN DUW1608/ARR/A080> at ata1-slave UDMA33 cd0 at ata1 bus 0 target 0 lun 0 cd0: <SAMSUNG CD-ROM SH-152A C505> Removable CD-ROM SCSI-0 device cd0: 33.000MB/s transfers cd0: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present cd1 at ata1 bus 0 target 1 lun 0 cd1: <AOPEN DUW1608/ARR A080> Removable CD-ROM SCSI-0 device cd1: 33.000MB/s transfers cd1: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present Mounting root from ufs:/dev/ad0s3a --0-1999374288-1152588763=:7620--
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