Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 20:25:45 -0400 From: bob self <bobself@charter.net> To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Bj=F6rn_K=F6nig?= <bkoenig@cs.tu-berlin.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: higher resolution console screen? Message-ID: <43334B89.5060108@charter.net> In-Reply-To: <4332AD7D.9020801@cs.tu-berlin.de> References: <43320FF5.3000706@charter.net> <43321293.2070201@cs.tu-berlin.de> <4332993B.3000904@charter.net> <4332AD7D.9020801@cs.tu-berlin.de>
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Björn König wrote: > bob self wrote: > >> I have done all 3 of these things and I do get 100x37, but I was able >> to get 128x48 when I was trying FreeBSD 6.0 beta 4 by running >> "vidcontrol MODE_280". Is there a way to accomplish this in 5.4? > > > Only with a patch. Do it at your own risk: > > cd /usr/src > fetch http://www.alpha-tierchen.de/dateien/etc/vesa.patch.bz2 > bzip2 -cd vesa.patch.bz2 | patch -p0 > cd usr.sbin/vidcontrol > make && make install > cp etc/rc.d/moused /etc/rc.d > > build your kernel with > > options SC_PIXEL_MODE > options VESA > > and reboot. > > vidcontrol -i mode > > will show all available modes. And so on. You know the rest. > > Björn > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > I installed the patch, rebooted etc. Now vidcontrol MODE_280 says: vidcontrol: activating raster display: Operation not supported by device Also, 'vidcontrol -g 100x37 VESA_800x600' no longer works. I now get vidcontrol: obtaining new video mode parameters: Operation not supported by device So, does any one know what's going on? How can I undo the patch if I need to? thanks, Bob
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