Re: FreeBSD VMWare Mac screen resulution and keyboard map
On Apr 18, 2011, at 2:45 PM, Chuck Swiger wrote: > On Apr 18, 2011, at 11:35 AM, Sascha Vieweg wrote: >>> man syscons | less -p'Back Scrolling' >> >> ... Says: press the `slock' key (with some PC keyboard description). >> However, I have got a MB Pro where no such key is available. Thus, I may >> repeat my question: How can I get console scolling working on my MacBook Pro >> 13''? > > slock is the key above the home key; on an Apple A1048 USB keyboard, that is > labelled F15. I don't think the 13" Macbook Pro has that key available, so > you might have to attach an external USB keyboard. fn-shift-f12 should be scroll lock. At least, it is when the hardware runs windows___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: FreeBSD VMWare Mac screen resulution and keyboard map
On Apr 18, 2011, at 11:35 AM, Sascha Vieweg wrote: >> man syscons | less -p'Back Scrolling' > > ... Says: press the `slock' key (with some PC keyboard description). However, > I have got a MB Pro where no such key is available. Thus, I may repeat my > question: How can I get console scolling working on my MacBook Pro 13''? slock is the key above the home key; on an Apple A1048 USB keyboard, that is labelled F15. I don't think the 13" Macbook Pro has that key available, so you might have to attach an external USB keyboard. Try dmesg | less instead, or using SSH from a handy terminal emulator with scrolling windows (like Terminal.app from the base MacOS X) is likely to be easier... Regards, -- -Chuck ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: FreeBSD VMWare Mac screen resulution and keyboard map
On 11-04-09 17:17, Warren Block wrote: On Fri, 8 Apr 2011, Sascha Vieweg wrote: As a curious beginner I am running FreeBSD on VMWare Fusion 3.1.2 on a MacBook Pro 13'' i5, and I want to do two things on the normal (startup) console: (1) use my apple keyboard, especially, scroll through console output man syscons | less -p'Back Scrolling' ... Says: press the `slock' key (with some PC keyboard description). However, I have got a MB Pro where no such key is available. Thus, I may repeat my question: How can I get console scolling working on my MacBook Pro 13''? (2) have a screen resolution of at least 800x600. vidcontrol(1) can set different modes, potentially including VESA_800x600. What's available depends on the video card BIOS and you'll probably have to build a kernel with SC_PIXEL_MODE. Both things seem to be no particular problem in X11, however, I cannot find advices for the normal console. Unless you're trying to emulate a machine without X11 for a particular purpose, xterms are more versatile than consoles. It's probably possible to get a console-like stack of fullscreen xterms with one of the mouseless window managers. Thanks, the vidcontrol tip helped a lot. *S* -- Sascha Vieweg, saschav...@gmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: FreeBSD VMWare Mac screen resulution and keyboard map
On Fri, 8 Apr 2011, Sascha Vieweg wrote: As a curious beginner I am running FreeBSD on VMWare Fusion 3.1.2 on a MacBook Pro 13'' i5, and I want to do two things on the normal (startup) console: (1) use my apple keyboard, especially, scroll through console output man syscons | less -p'Back Scrolling' (2) have a screen resolution of at least 800x600. vidcontrol(1) can set different modes, potentially including VESA_800x600. What's available depends on the video card BIOS and you'll probably have to build a kernel with SC_PIXEL_MODE. Both things seem to be no particular problem in X11, however, I cannot find advices for the normal console. Unless you're trying to emulate a machine without X11 for a particular purpose, xterms are more versatile than consoles. It's probably possible to get a console-like stack of fullscreen xterms with one of the mouseless window managers. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: FreeBSD VMWare Mac screen resulution and keyboard map
On Apr 8, 2011, at 12:22 PM, Sascha Vieweg wrote: > As a curious beginner I am running FreeBSD on VMWare Fusion 3.1.2 on a > MacBook Pro 13'' i5, and I want to do two things on the normal (startup) > console: > > (1) use my apple keyboard, especially, scroll through console output > The Apple Keyboard should just work. The FreeBSD console has a special mode where you can scroll back and forth in console output after hitting Scroll Lock. I'm just not sure what key on the Apple Keyboard VMware maps to Scroll Lock. > (2) have a screen resolution of at least 800x600. To start, the X log file: /var/log/Xorg.0.log file is a good source of information about what X is doing if you are trying to tune things. Getting a good screen resolution should just be a matter of setting the refresh rates to match your monitor. You may be able to put any values you like in there since your screen and video adapter are virtual. All of this gets configured in /etc/X11/xorg.conf. I believe it's considered gauche to hand configure this anymore but since many modern displays, the Apple laptops included, don't conform to the VESA standard modes it's helpful to be able to tune things by hand. The problem is compounded by the fact that again, in VMware you probably aren't talking to the real hardware. Any modern hardware should just tell the X server what it's Sync and Refresh rates are. One final tip: Check the amount of VideoRam that VMware assigned to the virtual machine. I noticed that it was a little skint at 2Mb or something and I bumped it up to something larger than 8Mbso I could have a 1920x1080x24bpp display. Here's my xorg.conf file which I started on an Acrylic MacBook running Parallels and them moved to and retuned for a unibody 15" MacBook Pro. I'm following up my first post since I revisited this file this afternoon to fix a couple of issues that I had worked around. My box is FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE built from sources on 4/6/2011. I'm running xorg-7.5.1 from ports Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "X.org Configured" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice"Mouse0" "CorePointer" InputDevice"Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" EndSection Section "Files" ModulePath "/usr/local/lib/xorg/modules" FontPath "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/misc/" FontPath "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/" FontPath "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/OTF" FontPath "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/" FontPath "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/" FontPath "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/" EndSection Section "Module" Load "extmod" Load "record" Load "dbe" Load "glx" Load "dri" Load "dri2" Load "vmmouse" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "vmmouse" Option "Protocol" "auto" Option "Device" "/dev/sysmouse" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Apple MacBook Pro A1286 Display" VendorName "Apple" HorizSync 27.0-86.0 ## These shouldn't matter VertRefresh 50.0-72.0 ## ## 15" MacBook Pro Modeline "1440x900" 106.47 1440 1520 1672 1904 900 901 904 932 -HSync +Vsync ## 13" MacBook and possibly 13" MacBook Pro Modeline "1280x800" 83.46 1280 1344 1480 1680 800 801 804 828 EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "VMware Legacy Emulated SVGA II Adapter" Driver "vmwlegacy" VendorName "VMware" BoardName "Legacy Emulated SVGA II Adapter" BusID "PCI:0:15:0" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "VMware Legacy Emulated SVGA II Adapter" Monitor"Apple MacBook Pro A1286 Display" ## Purge the display modes that I don't need from here. SubSection "Display" Viewport0 0 Depth 24 Modes "1440x900" ## 15" MacBook Pro Modes "1280x800" ## 13" MacBook/MacBook Pro EndSubSection EndSection -- Chris -- __o Chris Hilton _`\<,_e: chris /at/ vindaloo /dot/ com __(*)/_(*) "All I was doing was trying to get home from work." -Rosa Parks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: FreeBSD VMWare Mac screen resulution and keyboard map
On Apr 8, 2011, at 12:22 PM, Sascha Vieweg wrote: > As a curious beginner I am running FreeBSD on VMWare Fusion 3.1.2 on a > MacBook Pro 13'' i5, and I want to do two things on the normal (startup) > console: > > (1) use my apple keyboard, especially, scroll through console output > > (2) have a screen resolution of at least 800x600. > > Both things seem to be no particular problem in X11, however, I cannot find > advices for the normal console. > > And: does anybody know what vertical and horizontal refresh rates my VMWare > display have? According to the user handbook I need to specify this > information in the X11 config file -- the current X11 display does not look > very sharp. > > Thanks for help > *S* You should be able find the screen dimensions for that MacBook Pro somewhere on the net. If my memory is correct and it's like my 13" acrylic MacBook then it will be something either 1280x800 or, less likely, 1280x720. I'm really old so I use an config file in the standard location: /etc/X11/xorg.conf configuration file to control X. If I understand correctly this is not longer strictly necessary. You can generate a base config by running: # X -configure That will write a file: xorg.conf.new into the current directory. For monitor setting I've never found anything on VMware Fusion, or the MacBook line that gives those numbers. I've been using: Section "Monitor" Identifier "Apple MacBook Pro A1286 Display" VendorName "Apple" HorizSync 27.0-86.0 VertRefresh 50.0-72.0 Modeline "1440x900" 106.47 1440 1520 1672 1904 900 901 904 932 -HSync +Vsync Modeline "1280x800" 83.46 1280 1344 1480 1680 800 801 804 828 EndSection I'm using the Vesa Driver rather than the native vmware one so I'm pretty sure that the MacBook is actually handling the display settings. Again, there are instructions on the net for hacking xorg.conf specifically for VMWare Fusion and or Parallels to get a crisp display on a FreeBSD VM on a Mac. - I haven't found a way to map a key to "Scroll Lock". I would imagine that the syscons driver is the place to look. -- Chris "There will be an answer, Let it be." e: chris -at- vindaloo -dot- com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
FreeBSD VMWare Mac screen resulution and keyboard map
As a curious beginner I am running FreeBSD on VMWare Fusion 3.1.2 on a MacBook Pro 13'' i5, and I want to do two things on the normal (startup) console: (1) use my apple keyboard, especially, scroll through console output (2) have a screen resolution of at least 800x600. Both things seem to be no particular problem in X11, however, I cannot find advices for the normal console. And: does anybody know what vertical and horizontal refresh rates my VMWare display have? According to the user handbook I need to specify this information in the X11 config file -- the current X11 display does not look very sharp. Thanks for help *S* -- Sascha Vieweg, saschav...@gmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
