Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 11:24:34 -0000 From: "Dave" <dave@g8kbv.demon.co.uk> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: laptop freebsd display not filling whole screen Message-ID: <4F3CE772.2247.9A3E77@dave.g8kbv.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <4F3B79FC.2010905@a1poweruser.com> References: <4F3B79FC.2010905@a1poweruser.com>
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On 15 Feb 2012 at 17:25, 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? > > Many Toshiba laptops have a feature in the BIOS (Stretch or Expand) so that a 640x480 text screen (for example) will fill the full disaply, whatever the physical pixel resolution is. Looks weird, but it does what it says. Regards. Dave B.
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