Re: problems getting the desired resolution in vt and in X

From: Johannes-Maria Kaltenbach <johannes-maria_at_t-online.de>
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2023 08:57:10 UTC 
On Mon, Jul 10, 2023 at 10:14:26AM +0200, Yuri wrote:
> Johannes-Maria Kaltenbach wrote:
> > 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I've problems getting the same resolution (in vt and in X) on a new PC
> > as in my old one.
> > I'm used to a resolution of 1600x1200 (the LCD has just this number
> > of pixels), but on the new PC I only get 1024x768.
> > 
> > On the new PC I've installed 13.2
> > |# freebsd-version -kru
> > |13.2-RELEASE-p1
> > |13.2-RELEASE-p1
> > |13.2-RELEASE-p1
> > 
> > 1) vt
> > 
> > kern.vt.fb.default_mode="1600x1200"
> > in loader.conf doesn't change anything.
> > Neither does vidcontrol (it only produces always the
> > "Inappropriate ioctl for device" message).
> > 
> > 
> > 2) Xorg
...
> > |  (WW) NVIDIA(0): The NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 GPU installed in this system is
> > |  (WW) NVIDIA(0):     supported through the NVIDIA 470.xx Legacy drivers. Please
> 
> Install x11/nvidia-driver-470 instead of x11/nvidia-driver.

I've installed x11/nvidia-driver-470 and now get the desired
resolution of 1600x1200 in X.

Sorry for being so stupid not to understand the above cited
warning message in Xorg.0.log correctly.

Thank you very much!

Johannes-Maria