kern/71142; VESA 1024x768 @ the console

[Nikolas Britton]

Joaquin Menchaca wrote:

> Hi.
>
> I missed the boat on this one, what does this patch exactly do, and 
> why is it needed?

Well for me, it lets me have a 1280x1024 raster text mode console (VESA 
graphics modes, same ones used by X). To put that into simpler terms my 
console is 160x64 whereas the default FreeBSD console is 80x25, I see 4x 
the info on my screen.

>
>  - joaquin
>
> Nikolas Britton wrote:
>
>> I got tired of having to patch by hand all the systems I wanted this 
>> patch on and all the systems I patched but then updated with cvsup so 
>> I made a simple batch script to do it for me, this script will do 
>> steps 1...9 (see below). all you have to do is paste it into a file 
>> and then run it as root (i.e. "sh vesa-patch-script"):
>>
>> cd /tmp
>> rm current-vesa_patch.tar.gz
>> fetch http://www.nbritton.org/uploads/current-vesa_patch.tar.gz
>> rm -r current-vesa_patch
>> tar -zxvf current-vesa_patch.tar.gz
>> cd /usr/src/sys/dev/syscons
>> patch </tmp/current-vesa_patch/current-syscons.diff
>> cd /usr/src/usr.sbin/vidcontrol
>> cp /tmp/current-vesa_patch/current-vidcontrol.1 ./vidcontrol.1
>> cp /tmp/current-vesa_patch/current-vidcontrol.c ./vidcontrol.c
>> make && make install && make clean
>>
>>
>> Nikolas Britton wrote:
>>
>>> Disclaimer!!!: please note that this patch was never meant for 
>>> newbies and that if you decide to use it you are basically on your 
>>> own if you have any problems with it. This patch is very much still 
>>> in alpha status, but it does work and if It breaks your system you 
>>> can always back it out.
>>>
>>>> 1. do I copy the patch exactly as is from the webpage?
>>>>  
>>>>
>>> no, forget the patches from the webpage it's all messed up and you 
>>> have to run it though scripts and edit it and stuff etc etc....
>>> -----------------------------
>>> Step 0: su to root.
>>> Step 1: cd into /tmp
>>> Step 2: fetch the patch: "fetch 
>>> http://www.nbritton.org/uploads/current-vesa_patch.tar.gz"
>>>
>>> Alternate Source (these patches are from Deng XueFeng BTW): 
>>> http://unix.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/FreeBSD/current/2004-08/att-2992/current-vesa_patch.tar.gz 
>>>
>>>
>>> Step 3: Extract the files from the archive: "tar -zxvf curr*gz"
>>> Step 4: cd into /usr/src/sys/dev/syscons
>>> Step 5: patch the files: "patch 
>>> </tmp/current-vesa_patch/current-syscons.diff" (make sure this 
>>> applies cleanly, no error messages!)
>>> Step 6: cd into /usr/src/usr.sbin/vidcontrol (usr.sbin is not a typo)
>>> Step 7: Copy the file current-vidcontrol.1 here:  "cp 
>>> /tmp/current-vesa_patch/current-vidcontrol.1 ./vidcontrol.1"
>>> Step 8: Copy the file current-vidcontrol.c here:  "cp 
>>> /tmp/current-vesa_patch/current-vidcontrol.c ./vidcontrol.c"
>>> Step 9: while your in there rebuild vidcontrol: "make && make 
>>> install && make clean"
>>> Step 10: cd into /usr/src/sys/i386/conf
>>> (if you have never done this before then your kernel will be 
>>> "GENERIC", if you have then you don't need me to explain what to do)
>>> Step 11: Add the kernel option for VESA support to your kernel: echo 
>>> "options VESA" >> GENERIC
>>> Step 12: Add the kernel option for SC_PIXEL_MODE to your kernel: 
>>> echo "options SC_PIXEL_MODE" >> GENERIC
>>> Step 13: config your kernel: config GENERIC
>>> Step 14: cd into ../compile/GENERIC
>>> Step 15: rebuild your kernel: "make depend && make && make install"
>>> Step 16: reboot
>>> (After FreeBSD reboots and loads you will see this message several 
>>> times (ignore it) "vidcontrol: showing the mouse: Invalid argument")
>>> Step 17: login as root
>>> Step 18: Now change the video mode "vidcontrol MODE_279"
>>> (you should now have a console at 1024x768, if you don't you did 
>>> something wrong.)
>>> Step 19: If everthing seems ok then add it to the /etc/rc.conf file: 
>>> allscreens_flags="MODE_279"
>>> Step 20: reboot or do a "shutdown now"
>>> Step 21: login as a normal user, you're done, have fun :-), report 
>>> any bugs your having to I think ether freebsd-current or 
>>> freebsd-hackers mailing lists.
>>>
>>> you can also use "vidcontrol -i mode | grep G" to see a complete 
>>> list of supported modes (this is a list of modes supported by your 
>>> video card, not your monitor!) and if you want you can play with 
>>> these other modes "vidcontrol MODE_modenumber"
>>>
>>> Also note that if you try to update your sources with cvsup it will 
>>> overwrite the changes you made to the files so you will have to redo 
>>> steps 0 though 8 again (this is how you can back out the changes if 
>>> you have problems with it).
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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