freebsd stable - Jun 2005 - 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/kernelconfig.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 -danoncvs@anoncvs.de.freebsd.org:/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"

Voil? :-))
Long live freebsd

Hi,

  Has this patch beeen applied to CURRENT?  So it will be in the next
release of FreeBSD?

Ted
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
>[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On 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 -danoncvs@anoncvs.de.freebsd.org:/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"

Voil? :-))
Long live freebsd





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On Mon, Jun 13, 2005 at 10:06:50PM -0700, Ted Mittelstaedt
wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>   Has this patch beeen applied to CURRENT?  So it will be in the next
> release of FreeBSD?
> 
Yes, about two weeks ago.

- Christian

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On 2005-06-13 22:06, Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com>
wrote:
>> http://people.freebsd.org/~delphij/vesa/patchset-highres.20050522
>
> Has this patch beeen applied to CURRENT?  So it will be in the next
> release of FreeBSD?
Yes.

On Mon, Jun 13, 2005 at 10:46:26PM +0200, Didier Wiroth
wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!!!
> 
> this for the freebsd5 branch only!!!!
How about RELENG_4? Is it possible to port it there?

-ip

-- 
Never put all your eggs in your pocket.

Yet another thing to ask. I have a wide screen laptop where the VBIOS does 
not report correct resolutions, has the system taken steps to correct this?
 ~Its an Intel i915GM, 15.4", native windows of 1200x800

 On 6/16/05, Igor Pokrovsky <ip@doom.homeunix.org> wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Jun 13, 2005 at 10:46:26PM +0200, Didier Wiroth wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!!!
> >
> > this for the freebsd5 branch only!!!!
> 
> How about RELENG_4? Is it possible to port it there?
> 
> -ip
> 
> --
> Never put all your eggs in your pocket.
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