Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2003 10:21:28 -0600 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: Didier Wiroth <didier.wiroth@mcesr.etat.lu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: vidcontrol -i mode, please help!!! Message-ID: <20030218162128.GC90978@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <200302181523.05337.didier.wiroth@mcesr.etat.lu> References: <200302181523.05337.didier.wiroth@mcesr.etat.lu>
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In the last episode (Feb 18), Didier Wiroth said: > Could someone please enlighten me about the meaning of the > "vidcontrol -i mode" output! > > Here is some info: I'm using the native freebsd nvidia driver from > www.nvidia.com which brings its own nvidia.ko module. My card is a (Only used by Xfree86. The console doesn't need it) > 32mb "Asus AGP-V7100D/2V1D" which uses the nvidia Geforce 2 MX > chipset ! I've the following kernel devices/options compiled in my > custom kernel: > > ----------------------------------------- > device agp > options VESA > device vga0 at isa? > options SC_PIXEL_MODE > options VGA_WIDTH90 > ---------------------------------------- > Actually I'm using these settings in rc.conf: > font8x16="iso-8x16" > font8x14="iso-8x14" > font8x8="iso-8x8" > allscreens_flags="-g 100x37 VESA_800x600" > > Here is the output of vidcontrol -i adapter & vidcontrol -i mode : > fb0: > vga0, type:VESA VGA (5), flags:0x700ff > initial mode:24, current mode:258, BIOS mode:3 > frame buffer window:0xa0000, buffer size:0x2000000 > window size:0x10000, origin:0x0 > display start address (0, 0), scan line width:100 > reserved:0x0 > mode# flags type size font window linear buffer > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 24 (0x018) 0x00000001 T 80x25 8x16 0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 32k > 30 (0x01e) 0x00000001 T 80x50 8x8 0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 32k > 32 (0x020) 0x00000001 T 80x30 8x16 0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 32k > 34 (0x022) 0x00000001 T 80x60 8x8 0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 32k > 40 (0x028) 0x00000001 T 90x25 8x16 0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 32k > 42 (0x02a) 0x00000001 T 90x30 8x16 0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 32k > 46 (0x02e) 0x00000001 T 90x50 8x8 0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 32k > 48 (0x030) 0x00000001 T 90x60 8x8 0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 32k > > 1) Now!? How to I set a mode like 132x60 or for instance I'm using > 100x37 but this mode is not listed here!? Why? You're using 800x600, which is a special graphical (not a text) mode. It's really only useful for certain older laptops, which is why only 800x600 is supported. > 3) Why I can't I set a mode like: VESA_132x60? Are not all modern > cards able to display these console resolution? Nope. Video card makers don't care about text modes anymore. The modes I left in your list above are the only ones that vidcontrol really cares about. Your card does not support 132-column mode, so you can't get any of those 132x### resolutions. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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