From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 2 12:42:04 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6084106567E for ; Wed, 2 Jul 2008 12:42:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rpaulo@gmail.com) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.187]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45A1D8FC0C for ; Wed, 2 Jul 2008 12:42:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rpaulo@gmail.com) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id h3so124453nfh.33 for ; Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:42:02 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:date:from:to:cc:subject :message-id:references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition :in-reply-to:user-agent:sender; bh=K0u7Eyh9E2vQLi3vWedwXQ2wJfDJL704n8rv4WbZM8s=; b=hsWX8tK9h3P2rs/dTYgGIfHges3+3oVy6DNQ3vgGUUsAViO26A5lo6LW1L+0UR2IEZ q0FkCoH4JXd8dcLBEpxxfT2nG57KrI3djI+xpBxhyLvDOWMMxEFxj9huEwJYKsAYVzRb JAtHu8nB/warLPWGWAvcv8grfOzVp93Afh+c4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent:sender; b=lAMyD2X8w93rSoHyJsYqpCbJUuPmvHWsqS1HoiOTOvCZH0kBdhZvFCJTRUXu/bqXJy qnuaQyDzyMpMsusivYU8/ChG7rig+kgnV9mPh0Txh1s/CJJpH5/R6W8P6EW83YOUxoTA 5Kkn8Qj1RG/JjZeM2kUD0Uwr0fRuAAMt6z0lY= Received: by 10.210.139.15 with SMTP id m15mr6519363ebd.51.1215001034852; Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:17:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from phi.local ( [92.250.107.107]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id j8sm7972724gvb.1.2008.07.02.05.17.12 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:17:13 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 13:15:45 +0100 From: Rui Paulo To: Mike Meyer Message-ID: <20080702121545.GA7515@phi.local> References: <20080628191533.367ad223@bhuda.mired.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080628191533.367ad223@bhuda.mired.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Sender: Rui Paulo Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Custom VESA modes on FreeBSD 7? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:42:04 -0000 On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 07:15:33PM -0400, Mike Meyer wrote: > I'm trying to get FreeBSD 7-RELEASE running in a VirtualBox VM to use > all of my LCD panel in X. The running X is using the vesa driver, > which should be cool for this, as VirtualBox has provisions for > creating custom vesa modes. And in fact, the Xorg.0.log file shows > that it sees the new mode - but it doesn't use it. > > The VirtualBox docs note that for Linux to use such a mode, you have > to provide a "vga" command line option with the new mode # in it to > the linux kernel. None of the FreeBSD boot parameters seem applicable > here. > > Basically, the question is - what do I have to do to get the X.org > vesa driver to use a non-standard vesa mode on FreeBSD? Is there any > other information I can attach that might help with this? Maybe you need to add a correct ModeLine to your xorg config file ? A quick Google search returned: http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=59 HTH, -- Rui Paulo