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man 1 vidcontrol

Steve

Hi,

how can I configure the system to have the console with more than 25
lines, say 132x60? Mine is FreeBSD 3.2, SVGA card.

I suspect that this question was asked more than 1000 times, and
there must be a manual entry somewhere. But I could not find it.

Thanks,

You can even answer with rtfm, but please tell me where

Quote:> how can I configure the system to have the console with more than 25
> lines, say 132x60?
<SNIP>
> You can even answer with rtfm, but please tell me where

man vidcontrol :-)

Try "vidcontrol -i mode" to get a list of supported modes for your
video card. If you found a mode you like put the following line
in your rc.conf: allscreen_flags="mysettings". Mysettings follows
the same syntax you need for the vidcontrol command. You can also
control here the behavior of your mouse.

HTH

-cr

Quote:> Try "vidcontrol -i mode" to get a list of supported modes for your
> video card. If you found a mode you like put the following line
> in your rc.conf: allscreen_flags="mysettings". Mysettings follows
> the same syntax you need for the vidcontrol command. You can also
> control here the behavior of your mouse.

I've been wondering how this command works for a long time... even
though vidcontrol -i mode gives a list of 40 screen modes, and I know
for a fact my card supports at the very least 80x50 textmode, only modes
80x25 and VGA_80x30 seem to work. Any other mode gives results like
this:

root# vidcontrol -x 80x50
vidcontrol: cannot set videomode: Invalid argument

I assume I forgot something, or I might have the syntax wrong?

:> Try "vidcontrol -i mode" to get a list of supported modes for your
:> video card. If you found a mode you like put the following line
:> in your rc.conf: allscreen_flags="mysettings". Mysettings follows
:> the same syntax you need for the vidcontrol command. You can also
:> control here the behavior of your mouse.
:
:I've been wondering how this command works for a long time... even
:though vidcontrol -i mode gives a list of 40 screen modes, and I know
:for a fact my card supports at the very least 80x50 textmode, only modes
:80x25 and VGA_80x30 seem to work. Any other mode gives results like
:this:
:
:root# vidcontrol -x 80x50
:vidcontrol: cannot set videomode: Invalid argument
:
:I assume I forgot something, or I might have the syntax wrong?

Forgot something.  It needs a font to be loaded first.  I don't remember
the details about actually doing it but that should be enough of a hint.  
:-)

... JG