On Wednesday 02 August 2006 16:58, dick hoogendijk wrote: > I followed some advice on how to get higher resolutions on the console > for my 1280x1024 LCD monitor. > > I recompiled the kernel with > options VESA > options SC_PIXEL_MODE > > After a vidcontrol MODE_282 I get a 1280x1024 console. > Nice, but the characters are just "fat" compared to the chars I get in > Xorg running the same resolution setting (those terminal chars are very > sharp). > > Furthermore it "feels" as though the screen has become a little slower > then without vesa and sc_pixel_mode (in the console). Can this be? Or > is this just my imagination. > > The console resolution has to be delt with because the default font is > really HUGE ;-) > > Question: is VESA the way to go or is it better to leave this out of > the kernel and do just something with the buildin "-f" (font) in > vidcontrol. I have font8x8/8x14/8x16 in my /etc/rc.conf > > Your comments and advise please.
Maybe other mode from "vidcontrol -i mode" will be suitable for You. -- Best regards, Simon Phoenix (Phoenix Lab.) --------------------------------------------------------------- KeyID: 0x2569D30B Fingerprint: 78FC 5C40 07CC D331 148E CC79 84B8 D514 2569 D30B ---------------------------------------------------------------
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