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Date:      Tue, 18 Jun 2002 08:10:57 +0100
From:      "Craig" <craig@rigga.org>
To:        "Steve Fettig" <lists@stevenfettig.com>
Cc:        "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Console Display Size and X 4.2 Problems on Thinkpad 770ED
Message-ID:  <013101c21697$4b0692f0$022ca8c0@ywing>
References:  <3D0EADF4.3090302@stevenfettig.com>

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Fettig" <lists@stevenfettig.com>
To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 4:50 AM
Subject: Console Display Size and X 4.2 Problems on Thinkpad 770ED


> I am working on reviving an old machine that has been my workhorse for
> years and just installed FreeBSD 4.6-Release onto it and am having two
> problems.
> The regular, non-x, screen is 640x480 in the middle of a 14" screen and
> I can't figure out how to get it to "stretch" like it normally would on
> a monitor to fill up the whole screen...  Any mini- how-do-ya' do it
> guides for this?  (Yes, I've checked the bios, etc. and there doesn't
> seem to be anything in there allowing me to change this...)
>

This is probably no help at all as you say you've checked the bios, but I
had the same console issue with an old Acer laptop and it was solved with a
setting in the bios called expand screen

Craig Ridgway




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