Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 18:15:12 +1000 From: Danny <dannyh@idx.com.au> To: "Alex Kolobutin" <fbsd@home.com>, "Raymundo M. Vega" <RaymundoVega@home.com>, "carl" <statik@cris.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: console reso. Message-ID: <00061418163200.00477@desktop.freebsd.org> References: <003001bfd4fe$bdc2b8a0$b2c77018@cr776688-a.pr1.on.wave.home.com>
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You should be able to use 800 by 600 with your 15inch monitor Have you tried running XF86Setup as root. Then Believe is the 3rd last option which allows you to specify the resolution and colour depth. Looking forard to your your feedback. dannyh dannyh@idx.com.au On Tue, 13 Jun 2000, Alex Kolobutin wrote: > I for one would like an 800x600 xwindow system setup, however, like whoever > the originator of this post is..I am unable to do so. I have a 15" monitor, > 640x480 is too large, 1024x768 is too large. 800x600 is optimal for me, if > I could switch I would but hardware prevents me from it. Perhaps I missed > something but the lack of X support for this resolution seems odd to me. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Raymundo M. Vega <RaymundoVega@home.com> > To: carl <statik@cris.com> > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > Date: Tuesday, June 13, 2000 12:35 AM > Subject: Re: console reso. > > > >carl wrote: > >> > >> where can i get a dos tsr file? i read early that i need one because of > my > >> video card not having VBE onchip ..this is so i can use VESA and get a > >> 800x600 console in fbsd > >> > > > >No, you can not use a DOS TSR for that, it is the job of the > >video card driver. if this resolution is not supported, then > >either you write the code or live with one of the resolutions > >supported. > > > >I may missed something in the past, why do you want an 800x600 > >console??? > > > >raymundo. > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- ------------------------------------------------------------ You are not authorized to use my email address for spam or any purpose whatsoever. Remove my email address from your databases immediately and do not attempt to email me in any way. ------------------------------------------------------------ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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