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Date:      Thu, 02 Dec 1999 19:03:46 +0200
From:      Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@altavista.net>
To:        Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Problem with syscons in VESA mode
Message-ID:  <3846A672.524B188A@altavista.net>
References:  <E11tWy2-000JL2-00@fanf.eng.demon.net>

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Tony Finch wrote:

> Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@altavista.net> wrote:
> >
> >I'm using non-standard 100x37 console mode on my notebook, because in 80x25
> >text mode letters seems too big for my 12' panel, while other modes doesn't
> >cover all panel size. So I've patched vidcontrol to switch to the VESA_800x600
> >100x37 mode (instead of default 80x25) with 8x16 font, and in most cases all
> >works just fine (including ncurses and dialog bases apps), but sometimes when
> >I'm building world or some other app text suddenly shifts from the edge of the
> >screen by several spaces and all text passed to the console after that also
> >being printed with that offset.
>
> I've seen this on -stable with standard large modes set by vidcontrol.

It is interesting. Seems like it is not only VESA modes bug. Strange that nobody
else observed this misbehaviour.

-Maxim




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