From owner-freebsd-alpha Mon Jun 5 6:48: 9 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from wintermute.sparhawk.bc.ca (24.66.169.200.bc.wave.home.com [24.66.169.200]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7287D37B5FB for ; Mon, 5 Jun 2000 06:48:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sparhawk@sparhawk.bc.ca) Received: from beast.sparhawk.bc.ca (beast.sparhawk.bc.ca [192.168.1.6]) by wintermute.sparhawk.bc.ca (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id GAA38351 for ; Mon, 5 Jun 2000 06:48:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sparhawk@sparhawk.bc.ca) Message-Id: <4.3.2.20000603063707.017777a8@192.168.1.69> X-Sender: sparhawk@192.168.1.69 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3 Date: Sat, 03 Jun 2000 06:47:46 -0700 To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org From: Sparhawk Subject: console size question Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I have an Digital AlphaServer 400 4/233, and would like to be able to run my console at a screensize other than 80x25, but when I run vidcontrol it shows only one available mode(80x25). Is there a way to enable more modes? I would like to be running something like 132x60. Also tried enableing vesa support to the kernel but config complained, I guess this isnt supported on the Alpha. Any help Would be apreciated. Sparhawk bash-2.03$ vidcontrol -i adapter fb0: vga0, type:VGA (5), flags:0x7007f initial mode:24, current mode:24, BIOS mode:3 frame buffer window:0xb8000, buffer size:0x8000 window size:0x8000, origin:0x0 display start address (0, 0), scan line width:80 reserved:0x0 bash-2.03$ vidcontrol -i mode mode# flags type size font window linear buffer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 24 (0x018) 0x00000001 T 80x25 8x16 0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 32k To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message