Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 23:42:47 -0600 From: Nikolas Britton <freebsd@nbritton.org> To: Nikolas Britton <freebsd@nbritton.org> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kern/71142; VESA 1024x768 @ the console Message-ID: <41F5DC57.1050103@nbritton.org> In-Reply-To: <41CC0203.6020609@nbritton.org> References: <20041224085217.42737.qmail@web61205.mail.yahoo.com> <41CC0203.6020609@nbritton.org>
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I got tired of having to patch by hand all the systems I wanted this patch on and all the systems I patched but then updated with cvsup so I made a simple batch script to do it for me, this script will do steps 1...9 (see below). all you have to do is paste it into a file and then run it as root (i.e. "sh vesa-patch-script"): cd /tmp rm current-vesa_patch.tar.gz fetch http://www.nbritton.org/uploads/current-vesa_patch.tar.gz rm -r current-vesa_patch tar -zxvf current-vesa_patch.tar.gz cd /usr/src/sys/dev/syscons patch </tmp/current-vesa_patch/current-syscons.diff cd /usr/src/usr.sbin/vidcontrol cp /tmp/current-vesa_patch/current-vidcontrol.1 ./vidcontrol.1 cp /tmp/current-vesa_patch/current-vidcontrol.c ./vidcontrol.c make && make install && make clean Nikolas Britton wrote: > Disclaimer!!!: please note that this patch was never meant for newbies > and that if you decide to use it you are basically on your own if you > have any problems with it. This patch is very much still in alpha > status, but it does work and if It breaks your system you can always > back it out. > >> 1. do I copy the patch exactly as is from the webpage? >> >> > no, forget the patches from the webpage it's all messed up and you > have to run it though scripts and edit it and stuff etc etc.... > ----------------------------- > Step 0: su to root. > Step 1: cd into /tmp > Step 2: fetch the patch: "fetch > http://www.nbritton.org/uploads/current-vesa_patch.tar.gz" > > Alternate Source (these patches are from Deng XueFeng BTW): > http://unix.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/FreeBSD/current/2004-08/att-2992/current-vesa_patch.tar.gz > > > Step 3: Extract the files from the archive: "tar -zxvf curr*gz" > Step 4: cd into /usr/src/sys/dev/syscons > Step 5: patch the files: "patch > </tmp/current-vesa_patch/current-syscons.diff" (make sure this applies > cleanly, no error messages!) > Step 6: cd into /usr/src/usr.sbin/vidcontrol (usr.sbin is not a typo) > Step 7: Copy the file current-vidcontrol.1 here: "cp > /tmp/current-vesa_patch/current-vidcontrol.1 ./vidcontrol.1" > Step 8: Copy the file current-vidcontrol.c here: "cp > /tmp/current-vesa_patch/current-vidcontrol.c ./vidcontrol.c" > Step 9: while your in there rebuild vidcontrol: "make && make install > && make clean" > Step 10: cd into /usr/src/sys/i386/conf > (if you have never done this before then your kernel will be > "GENERIC", if you have then you don't need me to explain what to do) > Step 11: Add the kernel option for VESA support to your kernel: echo > "options VESA" >> GENERIC > Step 12: Add the kernel option for SC_PIXEL_MODE to your kernel: echo > "options SC_PIXEL_MODE" >> GENERIC > Step 13: config your kernel: config GENERIC > Step 14: cd into ../compile/GENERIC > Step 15: rebuild your kernel: "make depend && make && make install" > Step 16: reboot > (After FreeBSD reboots and loads you will see this message several > times (ignore it) "vidcontrol: showing the mouse: Invalid argument") > Step 17: login as root > Step 18: Now change the video mode "vidcontrol MODE_279" > (you should now have a console at 1024x768, if you don't you did > something wrong.) > Step 19: If everthing seems ok then add it to the /etc/rc.conf file: > allscreens_flags="MODE_279" > Step 20: reboot or do a "shutdown now" > Step 21: login as a normal user, you're done, have fun :-), report any > bugs your having to I think ether freebsd-current or freebsd-hackers > mailing lists. > > you can also use "vidcontrol -i mode | grep G" to see a complete list > of supported modes (this is a list of modes supported by your video > card, not your monitor!) and if you want you can play with these other > modes "vidcontrol MODE_modenumber" > > Also note that if you try to update your sources with cvsup it will > overwrite the changes you made to the files so you will have to redo > steps 0 though 8 again (this is how you can back out the changes if > you have problems with it). > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-newbies > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-newbies-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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