RPI, config.txt: overscan, not working
ito
egunther at warwick.net
Fri Oct 31 17:07:26 UTC 2014
Hello,
I have a raspberry pi,
Model B Revision 2.0 (512MB)
which has the logo along with:
Raspberry Pi
(c)2011.12
written on it.
I have obtained a image for freebsd to run from here:
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/arm/armv6/ISO-IMAGES/10.0/
I uncompressed the image on a OpenSUSE system, and used,
sudo dd if=FreeBSD-10.0-RELEASE-arm-armv6-RPI-B-20140131-r260789.img
of=/dev/sdd
to put the image on a micro SD... with that card and adapter I have
successfully boot freebsd.
The problem I am facing now is that I am using the yellow SVGA (RCA type
plug) cables to use an old Television as a monitor, with this setup I
have an issue with the text running off of the screen.
I have tried the config.txt file with
overscan_disable=0
overscan_left=20
overscan_right=20
overscan_top=20
overscan_bottom=20
added to the existing config.txt
I have tried to load vesa:
kldload vesa
where I get a prompt that it does not exist.
I looked in the kernel directory (/boot/kernel/) and there is no vesa,
not sure what that means.
I am assuming that there is something that is not happening with the
config.txt. I saw mention of using the files here to replace the files
on the pi;
https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware
SO, essentially, how do I get the text to stop from spilling off of the
screen (command prompt-no gui).
Thank You,
ito
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