Hi, Has this patch beeen applied to CURRENT? So it will be in the next release of FreeBSD?
Ted >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Didier Wiroth >Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 1:46 PM >To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org >Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: applying the vesa patch to stable for high console resolution > > >Hi, > >USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!!! > >this for the freebsd5 branch only!!!! > >Here is how to apply the patch to get the "long awaited" high >console text modes under freebsd! >I actually use it on my nc6000 hp laptop with the following mode: >1400x1050x16 >damm .. really nice ;-)) > >This patch is actually for freebsd current but it works (for >me) with 5-stable and may be "release" or earlier versions (5.X) too. > >ONCE AGAIN BE WARNED!! USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!!! > >Let's go: >1) Get the patch here: >http://people.freebsd.org/~delphij/vesa/patchset-highres.20050522 > >2) Remove the lines which are not required for us and rename >the patch we will use to syscons.patch: >split -p "Index: usr.sbin" patchset-highres.20050522 && mv xaa >syscons.patch > >3) backup and patch your local (stable) sources: >(/usr/src/sys/dev/syscons - will be patched) >cp -Rp /usr/src/sys/dev/syscons /usr/src/sys/dev/BAK.syscons >cd /usr/src >patch < path_to_patch/syscons.patch > >4) recompile and install your kernel with sc_pixel_mode and >vesa support see handbook for details! >http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernel config.html 5) backup your vidcontrol sources cp -Rp /usr/src/usr.sbin/vidcontrol /usr/src/usr.sbin/BAK.vidcontrol 6) update your vidcontrol sources with the "current/HEAD" vidcontrol sources cd /usr/src cvs [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/ncvs co -rHEAD usr.sbin/vidcontrol 7) recompile vidcontrol and install cd /usr/src/usr.sbin/vidcontrol && make clean && make all && make install 8) reboot 9) after having rebooted with your new kernel (with sc_pixel_mode and vesa) issue a "vidcontrol -i mode" You will get lots of ouput like this: 322 (0x142) 0x0000000f G 1400x1050x16 1 8x16 0xa0000 64k 64k 0x98000000 65472k Test the mode in a shell by issuying: vidcontrol MODE_322 If it works (I hope for you ;-)) but your corresponding mode in rc.conf like this: allscreens_flags="MODE_322" Voilą :-)) Long live freebsd _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
