Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2003 12:50:28 +1030 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Phil Kernick <Phil@Kernick.org> Cc: Santos <casd@myrealbox.com>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Console size Message-ID: <20030301022028.GB41962@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <3E5F3F11.2010909@Kernick.org> References: <3E41109E.5040602@Kernick.org> <3E4EFF3F.4000007@myrealbox.com> <3E5F3F11.2010909@Kernick.org>
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--bCsyhTFzCvuiizWE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Friday, 28 February 2003 at 21:20:57 +1030, Phil Kernick wrote: > Santos wrote: >> Phil Kernick wrote: >> >>> I'm sure it's possible, but exactly which knobs do I have to turn, and >>> which settings do I have to tweak, to get my console to be bigger than >>> the standard 80x25? >>> >>> I've looking in LINT, and there are some VGA_* options that look >>> possible, but I can't find any documentation on the correct procedure. >> >> Just to add to what other have said. Add "options VGA_WIDTH90" to you >> kernel config, without it you can't have more than 80 vertical lines. >> And then, man vidcontrol. > > I now have the ability to create a > 80x25 console, but I still have one > problem I can't resolve. > > If I set the size of ttyv0 to 90x30, and then switch to an X session, and > then switch back to ttyv0, I'm back in 80x25, but the console width is > still 90. This leads to an unusable console. > > Interestingly, when the screen saver on the console cuts in, it seems to > restore the vidcontrol setting. > > So, my question is, how do I get the vidcontrol setting automatically > restored when a Ctrl-Alt-F1 from an X session back to ttyv0? I'd guess that this is a bug. What happens when you run vidcontrol again after switching back? Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers Please note: we block mail from major spammers, notably yahoo.com. See http://www.lemis.com/yahoospam.html for further details. --bCsyhTFzCvuiizWE Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+YBjsIubykFB6QiMRAqynAJ0QEtaTCSPEx4JOATCKyo9BKoN7rwCaApqD pqba7k2CrlprzSXzt3KM0S4= =gpas -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --bCsyhTFzCvuiizWE-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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