Console resolution

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AtariAvenger

Hi,

I recently installed FreeBSD 10.0-RELEASE (amd64) on a Samsung NP-N145-JP03AU netbook. I am attempting to configure a high resolution console (1024x600) and also wanting to use that same resolution (native) in x11/xorg. However, when performing vidcontrol -i mode it only reports a maximum resolution of 800x600.

I also have this problem in x11/xorg whereby if I attempt to configure /etc/X11/xorg.conf with a resolution of 1024x600, it only displays in 800x600. I have confirmed the display can run at 1024x600 as it previously ran Windows 7 and I have successfully tested X.Org operation via a Xubuntu live-USB boot and by installing OpenBSD. There are also issues with using the intel driver in x11/xorg but I assume this just requires a kernel rebuild with KMS enabled.

I have also looked at the syscons(4) man page but nothing seems to pop-out at me. Can anyone please help?

Regards.
 
Support of VESA resolutions in console mode depends on the VESA BIOS, and options VESA in the kernel.

For X, yes, the KMS drivers are needed.

Soon, or maybe already, the vt(9) code will be MFCed to 10-STABLE, and then higher resolutions will be available for the console. These require a custom kernel with options as shown in /usr/src/sys/amd64/conf/VT.
 
Over the last couple of days, I've been trying the new console driver on a couple of systems, and it works. There is no man page yet, so I'm not sure how to change resolutions. On startup, it uses a default, maybe 640x480 or 800x600. After X has been started, it uses the same resolution as X. It still needs some polishing, but is getting there.
 
wblock@ said:
Support of VESA resolutions in console mode depends on the VESA BIOS, and options VESA in the kernel.
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For a laptop or netbook, it might be better to load VESA as a module since having it enabled in the kernel may interfere with suspend/resume.
 
I've been running it for a while now. There's no way to set console resolution yet, although it keeps the mode that X was using.
 
How is the speed of the console at resolution? That was one of the reasons for me to ditch the whole graphical console (sc(4) and vidcontrol(1)), it was just too slow.
 
It's difficult to judge. A week ago, I'd have said it's slow. Trying it today, it seems acceptable, although not as fast as a text-based console. Last week, I installed a faster Radeon card, and that may be the difference. I don't know if vt(9) uses 2D acceleration, although that seems technically possible.
 
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