Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 15:51:28 -0400 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Rui Paulo <rpaulo@FreeBSD.org> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org, Mike Meyer <mwm-keyword-freebsdhackers2.e313df@mired.org> Subject: Re: Custom VESA modes on FreeBSD 7? Message-ID: <20080702155128.2a4c5a23@mbook.local> In-Reply-To: <20080702121545.GA7515@phi.local> References: <20080628191533.367ad223@bhuda.mired.org> <20080702121545.GA7515@phi.local>
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On Wed, 2 Jul 2008 13:15:45 +0100 Rui Paulo <rpaulo@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > 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 Yeah, I had seen that. He's not using the vesa driver; he's using the VirtualBox driver (not available for FreeBSD as far as I know). However, I had tried setting the modelines and modes as suggested, and this still doesn't work - the vesa driver reports the new mode, but X never even considers using it. Thanks, <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent Network/Unix/Perforce consultant, email for more information. O< ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - www.asciiribbon.org
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