Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 11:13:17 +0550 From: "Nikhil Kale" <nikhilkale@myrealbox.com> To: j.e.drews@worldnet.att.net Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Re: How to configure console to cover the entire screen? Message-ID: <1063604597.e19ccb60nikhilkale@myrealbox.com>
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Hi, I am using a Compaq Presario 2132AC. I will try running the Diagnostic checks, as pointed out by a few people on my machine and get back. I have one doubt though, I edited the file /etc/ttys. What does this file configure????? It contained the list of consoles. I changed the console type for ttyv0 from cons25 to vt220 to try to change my console display to full-screen. But after that my system wouldnt startup. So I had to boot off the installation disk into the rescue mode and change it back to cons25. Regards, Nikhil. -----Original Message----- From: Jonathan <j.e.drews@worldnet.att.net> To: "Nikhil Kale" <nikhilkale@myrealbox.com>, freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2003 11:43:06 -0500 Subject: Re: How to configure console to cover the entire screen? On Saturday 13 September 2003 05:47 am, Nikhil Kale wrote: > Hi, > I am new to FreeBSD, and recently installed FreeBSD 5.1 on my laptop. > Everythings working fine, but the console covers only about 50% of the > screen area (an inner rectagular area) . I configured X and it covers the > screen properly (1024X768). I would like to configure the console to cover > the entire screen too. Any pointers???? Nikhil: Any chance you are using an IBM ThinkPad? I had that problem too and solved it by running the display self check, that is in the BIOS section. After running the screen check, the problem went away and the console was restored to full screen. I am running FreeBSD 4.8 on an IBM 600E. To get to the diagnostics checks, I held SHIFT F1 while the notebook booted. Kind regards, Jonathan _______________________________________________ freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-newbies To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-newbies-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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