Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2007 15:12:26 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: "Michael Schuh" <michael.schuh@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>, schiz0phrenic21@gmail.com Subject: Re: Changing Console Resolution - Vidcontrol Message-ID: <20070405221226.9EF6F45055@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 05 Apr 2007 12:57:09 %2B0200." <1dbad3150704050357i6b973118q260265644665b405@mail.gmail.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] > Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2007 12:57:09 +0200 > From: "Michael Schuh" <michael.schuh@gmail.com> > Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org > > Hi, > > first i understand your need's right! More Text on screen at boot time, > but i have never get this working at boot time, but directly after boot. > > In my case my Kernels would be compiles with: > options SC_PIXEL_MODE > > and in /boot/loader.conf > vesa_load="YES" > > and in /etc/rc.conf something like this: > keymap="german.iso" > font8x16="iso15-8x16" > font8x14="iso15-8x14" > font8x8="iso15-8x8" > allscreens_flag="MODE_280" > > In my case with german keyboard, change these things to > your needs. > The allscreens_flag you could get as mentoided in other answers with > vidcontrol -i mode, i remember that someone has tell you to use > MODE_279, but i doesn't know if this is the best case for all cards. > > For a single test you can set the mode from one terminal (like ttyv0) > after logging in with > vidcontrol MODE_280 > or that likes to your modes for your Graphiccard. > > If anyone else knows how we can set the vid-mode at boot-time so that the > bootmessages are every time in such a mode tell me please how it > works. In the Kernel NOTEs i have only found a line like > options VGA_WIGTH90, but thi is not my desired resolution. I used to do this, but I discovered that my scrollback buffer "lost" th 24 lines in the screen when the mode changes and I couldn't live with that. It would be nice to have the display at boot time, but, if I did not lose data, I would be happy to have it from when it starts. In any case, I figure that people who want X, will go with X. Some folks still like a plain old command-line console. I use X, but I don't start with xdm, kdm, or any other. I still like to see what is happening and enter 'startx' when I am good and ready. Sometimes I am not ready for the entire session. I don't always want all of X sitting between me and my CLI. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751 [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 06/03/2002 iD8DBQFGFXRKkn3rs5h7N1ERAucRAJ9+8gWE1VeJgsVDl0/6h1ckr9vvDACfVBV5 AmBDKZJ12lJVs36+4CqNCQg= =ikC8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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