From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 2 19:34:17 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF8D916A408 for ; Mon, 2 Apr 2007 19:34:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from larse@larseighner.com) Received: from mail.team1internet.com (216-110-13-10.static.twtelecom.net [216.110.13.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C33CA13C4C9 for ; Mon, 2 Apr 2007 19:34:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from larse@larseighner.com) Received: by mail.team1internet.com (Postfix, from userid 12346) id 381FD16B64C; Mon, 2 Apr 2007 13:05:15 -0500 (CDT) Received: from larseighner.com (unknown [216.110.13.90]) by mail.team1internet.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 78BAA16B633; Mon, 2 Apr 2007 13:05:13 -0500 (CDT) Received: by larseighner.com (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1003 larse@larseighner.com; Mon, 2 Apr 2007 14:07:03 -0500 (CDT) Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 14:07:02 -0500 (CDT) From: Lars Eighner X-X-Sender: larse@goodwill.6dollardialup.com To: Schiz0 In-Reply-To: <8d23ec860704021055n12e7ec05h300effc21e54713e@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <20070402140654.T10007@tbbqjvyy.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> References: <8d23ec860704021055n12e7ec05h300effc21e54713e@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Sanitizer: Anomy and SpamAssassin mail filter - see http://www.6dollardialup.com/support/spaminfo.html X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.0 required=10.0 tests=EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,OACYS_SINGLE,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT, REFERENCES,SPAM_PHRASE_05_08 version=2.43 X-Spam-Level: Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Changing Console Resolution - Vidcontrol X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2007 19:34:18 -0000 On Mon, 2 Apr 2007, Schiz0 wrote: > Hey, > > I'm wondering how you can increase the resolution of the console in > FreeBSD stable. I have read the man page on vidcontrol and googled around > a bit, but I'm still confused about what to do. I'm currently running > FreeBSD in VMWare on a windows machine (But that'll change as soon as I > learn enough to put it up my server, which currently runs linux). I'd like > to have something like 1024x768 resolution or so. Also, the man pages > mention something about VESA modules. What exactly is this, and do I need > it? My kernel is currently compiled without support for it. Would I need > to recompile my kernel again? You're question does not quite make sense. "Console" is more or less the FreeBSD word for "boss text-mode terminal." It has nothing to do with what a terminal window might look like in a GUI such as Windows or X. The first question is what *text* modes does your hardware support. I don't know of video hardware that supports 1024x768 raster text. If your hardware supports it and you want the VESA modes, you can compile VESA support into the kernel (which you should do if you use it just about all the time) or it can be load dynamically (see man 4 vga). Ditto for 90 column VGA. Most of the console modes are regular vga text modes and they are usually expressed in terms of lines(high) x columns(wide), for example the standard 25x80. I suspect you do not really want a console resolution of 1024x768 (px). I suspect you want 1024x758 in a GUI, in which case you need to be researching X as vidcontrol has nothing to do with that.