From owner-freebsd-mobile Fri Sep 4 01:23:01 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA21976 for freebsd-mobile-outgoing; Fri, 4 Sep 1998 01:23:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from jane.lfn.org (jobfair.nocitycouncil.com.92.16.209.in-addr.arpa [209.16.92.5] (may be forged)) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id BAA21971 for ; Fri, 4 Sep 1998 01:22:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from caj@lfn.org) Received: (qmail 27564 invoked by uid 100); 4 Sep 1998 08:21:51 -0000 Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 03:21:51 -0500 (CDT) From: Craig Johnston To: Poul-Henning Kamp cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: vesa mode 0x102 (800x600) on tp560 In-Reply-To: <1956.904895209@critter.freebsd.dk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, 4 Sep 1998, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message , Craig Johns > ton writes: > > > >I tried using -b at the boot prompt (running just-cvsupped current) > >and nothing apparent happened. I was expecting to get a full > >800x600 screen. Instead I got the same old 640x480 bordered with > >black. > > So you DID get 800x600, but syscons only uses the center 640x480 of it. > > The trick is that you can start XF86 in 800x600x16colors mode from > there. Ahh. I was hoping for a full 800x600 text screen that would eliminate the black borders. Is this something that might happen in the future? An x text screen using the full 800x600 would be kinda nifty. thanks, -Craig To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message