How to configure console to cover the entire screen?

[Jonathan]

On Saturday 13 September 2003 05:47 am, Nikhil Kale wrote:
> Hi,
>   I am new to FreeBSD, and recently installed FreeBSD 5.1 on my laptop.
> Everythings working fine, but the console covers only about 50% of the
> screen area (an inner rectagular area) . I configured X and it covers the
> screen properly (1024X768). I would like to configure the console to cover
> the entire screen too. Any pointers????

 Nikhil:

 Any chance you are using an IBM ThinkPad?  I had that problem too and solved 
it by running the display self check, that is in the BIOS section. After 
running the screen check, the problem went away and the console was restored 
to full  screen. I am running FreeBSD 4.8 on an IBM 600E. To get to the 
diagnostics checks, I held SHIFT F1 while the notebook booted.



						Kind regards,
						Jonathan