been buggin' me for a while now (console resolution)

[Giorgos Keramidas]

On 2006-07-10 23:32, Peter <petermatulis at yahoo.ca> wrote:
>--- Stubborn <coldlostsick at yahoo.com.sg> wrote:
>> You need to recompile your kernel with below
>> options         VESA
>
> Allright, did that.
>
>> You need to include these in your rc.conf
>> allscreens_flags="132x25"
>
> I'm trying manually first and it's a "no go".  This is the output of
> 'vidcontrol -i mode':
>
>   0 (0x000) 0x00000001 T 40x25           8x8   0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 32k
>   1 (0x001) 0x00000001 T 40x25           8x8   0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 32k
>   2 (0x002) 0x00000001 T 80x25           8x8   0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 32k
>   3 (0x003) 0x00000001 T 80x25           8x8   0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 32k
>   4 (0x004) 0x00000003 G 320x200x2 1     8x8   0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 32k
>   5 (0x005) 0x00000003 G 320x200x2 1     8x8   0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 32k
>   6 (0x006) 0x00000003 G 640x200x1 1     8x8   0xb8000 32k 32k

The 132x25 mode doesn't work for all video adapters, AFAIK.

The best I have been able to use almost everywhere is 80x30.