Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 18:14:32 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Danny <dannyh@idx.com.au> Cc: Alex Kolobutin <fbsd@home.com>, "Raymundo M. Vega" <RaymundoVega@home.com>, carl <statik@cris.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: console reso. Message-ID: <20000613181432.B232@parish> In-Reply-To: <00061418163200.00477@desktop.freebsd.org>; from dannyh@idx.com.au on Wed, Jun 14, 2000 at 06:15:12PM %2B1000 References: <003001bfd4fe$bdc2b8a0$b2c77018@cr776688-a.pr1.on.wave.home.com> <00061418163200.00477@desktop.freebsd.org>
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On Wed, Jun 14, 2000 at 06:15:12PM +1000, Danny wrote:
> 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.
>
Someone is getting confused here. You *can* get high resolutions/colour
depths in X OK. The original poster wanted to use the VESA modes for
the *console* (vidcontrol(1)).
I've just been looking through the CD that came with my ATI Xpert@Work
and although all the READMEs refer to README.VBE that file is nowhere
to be found on the CD.
I do remember that with my previous ATI card (Graphic Xpression IIRC)
the DOS TSR was called M64_VBE.{EXE,COM}. Still, it's no good under
FreeBSD.
Someone else mentioned in this thread that they had a ATI chip in
their laptop that supported the VESA modes (on-chip) and pointed to
the place in the source code where it tests for VESA support. If I get
time I'll check it out.
> 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.
> > >
> > >
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