Changing Console Resolution - Vidcontrol

[Kevin Oberman]

> Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2007 15:13:33 +0300
> From: Stefan Lambrev <stefan.lambrev at sun-fish.com>
> Sender: owner-freebsd-stable at freebsd.org
> 
> Hi list,
> 
> All those things work only under i386 right ?
> There is no option VESA in amd64 ?
> 
> Andrei Kolu wrote:
> > On Friday 06 April 2007 02:43, Kevin Oberman wrote:
> >   
> >> I always run a 2000 line scrollback buffer. 200 won't make it to the
> >> start of my boot. And, it's SC_HISTORY_SIZE. I'm unclear as to what you
> >> refer to as 'slideshow" like teleporting', though.
> >>     
> >
> > in case someone want colourful console....
> >
> > options         SC_HISTORY_SIZE=1000 
> > options         SC_NORM_ATTR=(FG_LIGHTGREEN|BG_BLACK) 
> > options         SC_NORM_REV_ATTR=(FG_YELLOW|BG_BLACK) 
> > options         SC_KERNEL_CONS_ATTR=(FG_LIGHTBLUE|BG_BLACK) 
> > options         SC_KERNEL_CONS_REV_ATTR=(FG_LIGHTRED|BG_BLACK)

Please don't top post!

I don't think you need VESA for any of these...certainly not the
SC_HISTORY_SIZE. You do need it for SC_PIXEL_MODE to get more modes on
systems that lack that capability (like my T43 laptop).

If you can set it to a mode that makes you happy, those commands should
work, but some systems offer very few modes without VESA. The T43 offers
four...all 80 characters wide from 25 to 60 lines. :-(
-- 
R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
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