[GLLUG] FreeBSD console res

Adam McDougall mcdouga9@egr.msu.edu
Sun, 15 Sep 2002 20:46:22 -0400


-mode (-m) != mode

     -m on | off
             Switch the mouse pointer on or off.

     mode    Select a new video mode.


On Sun, Sep 15, 2002 at 06:00:35PM -0400, Mike Szumlinski wrote:

  I got the VESA kernel extension loaded, and was able to load an 8x16 
  font, but when I try "vidcontrol -mode xxx" I get one of the following 
  errors:
  
  [user@machine:~]: vidcontrol -mode VESA_800x600
  "vidcontrol: cannot activate raster display: Inappropriate ioctl for 
  device"
  and
  
  [user@machine:~]: vidcontrol -mode 132x50
  "vidcontrol: argument to -m must either on or off"
  "vidcontrol: cannot set videomode: Operation not supported by device"
  
  any ideas?
  
  -Mike
  On Sunday, September 15, 2002, at 05:28  PM, Adam McDougall wrote:
  
  >You probably need to kldload vesa or have it in your kernel,
  >then use vidcontrol mode 132x60 or VESA_800x600, something like
  >that.  I believe certain modes require a nondefault font to
  >be loaded with vidcontrol -f  first.  As always, see the
  >manpage.  You may not be able to acheive as high of a resolution
  >as you want, but you should be able to improve on 80x25. 
  
  
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