Re: Stuck in 640X480 want 800X600

2002-11-14 Thread James McNaughton 
Alvaro Gil [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 Hey guys..
 
 Im still fighting this horrid laptop! (Gateway 2000 Solo P3C)
 Im stuck in 640X480 mode and would like to have my console in 800X600
 mode. I have read that by having the machine boot in 600X800 yields
 better results when starting X.
 
 Here is my question, how do I get my console into 800X600 mode?  I
 have tried my BIOS and there is no option for an extended text
 mode. DOS also boots into 640X480.

If what you're talking about is more text on the screen then you're
talking about vidcontrol(1). Read the manpage, load the fonts, and
then experiment. Remeber that not all modes work on all hardware. When
you find a setting that you like you can put something like the
following in rc.conf

font8x16=/usr/share/syscons/fonts/cp437-8x16.fnt   
font8x14=/usr/share/syscons/fonts/cp437-8x14.fnt   
font8x8=/usr/share/syscons/fonts/cp437-thin-8x8.fnt

and

allscreens_flags=-m on -b blue VGA_80x50 cyan blue

or

allscreens_flags=-m on VGA_80x30

 
 This machine uses the CT 655548 chip.  If anyone can any links,
 advice, suggestions are will be appreciated.
 
 Here are pics of the laptop.  You can see the console is 640X480 and
 so is x.  I also cant get x to display more than 4 colors.

If setting a higher color depth in XF86Setup doesn't help, I'm at a
loss.

Jim

To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message

Re: Stuck in 640X480 want 800X600

2002-11-14 Thread Andrew Stuart 
On Wed, 13 Nov 2002 at 09:47:13 -0500, Alvaro Gil wrote:
 Here is my question, how do I get my console into 800X600 mode?  I 
 have tried my BIOS and there is no option for an extended text mode. 
 DOS also boots into 640X480.
 

If my memory serves me correctly, you need to compile VESA support into
your kernel, then you should be able to use vidcontrol to change the
screen to 800x600, for some laptops you will also need to compile in:
SC_PIXEL_MODE   # add support for the raster text mode 
along with VESA
 
-- 
Andrew Stuart
http://www.tekrealm.net


Absence makes the heart go wander.

To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message