kern/71142; VESA 1024x768; (Poor Console resolution on Compaq 2103US)

[Mervin McDougall]

Ok here are a few questions I have about how do I get
this done

1. do I copy the patch exactly as is from the webpage?

2. I am not a programmer of any sorts so how do I fix
lines 790, 982, and 1000? A few pointers would be fine

3. What is qp2txt and patch.eml?

I think this is one instance where a simple how to
would be in order for a newbie to get this done. But
honestly could really use the help for those 3 problem
areas before i applied this different patch.


Merv
--- Nikolas Britton <freebsd at nbritton.org> wrote:

> Mervin McDougall wrote:
> 
> >I have one experience to share as a newbie, that of
> >trying to get a proper console resolution on my
> >laptop. I chose to stick with FreeBSD  over
> Slackware
> >for my laptop for the simplicity in its init system
> >and fewer init levels, its ports and packages
> system
> >which reduces the stress of looking for a file and
> all
> >its dependencies and getting it downloaded,
> compiled
> >and using on my laptop and basically its speed of
> >booting- in 2/3 the time it takes slackware linux
> to
> >boot, bsd is at the loging prompt.However,getting
> the
> >proper console resolution was a pain as I favour
> >console over X.
> >
> >I tried recompiling the kernel including support
> for
> >Vesa by including options VESA and SC_PIXEL_MODE
> and
> >that didn't work.I tried compiling the kernel with
> >suppor for VGA_90WIDTH and that still did not
> provide
> >me with adequate space on my screen to get anything
> >else done. My console only the center of my screen
> and
> >only occupied a 1/3 rd of the entire screen. I was
> >very stressed until I cam across a website of
> someone
> >who had successfully installed FreeBSD 5.2.1 on a
> >similar laptop. I contacted him and he explained
> that
> >he had similar problem but got over the issue by
> >making use of a patch which allowed me to achieve
> >screen resolutions of 1024x768.
> >
> >I have gotten over the problem happily but there
> are
> >still some issues that the patch created in making
> use
> >of it as slower performance in switching from
> console
> >to X and the printing of error information when the
> >kernel is initiating vidcontrol but I get to use
> >console more often thankfully.
> >
> >I wish that the freebsd team would look into fixing
> >any errors in vidcontrol to get the problem with
> >screen resolutions on laptops fixed. I was able to
> do
> >this with ease using linux framebuffer settings
> with
> >slackware but had so much difficulty getting that
> done
> >under freebsd 5.3. 
> >
> >I could have chosen to give up and simply use linux
> >but I like the way freebsd performs something about
> it
> >is just magically and wouldn't want to miss out on
> >using it. I just wish somethng could be done to
> better
> >the performance of the system as is and get rid of
> >some of those escape errors. or gett a better patch
> >from the freebsd team.
> >
> >If anyone has a similar laptop and wants to get
> some
> >specifics about what works and what doesn't feel
> free
> >to visit 
> >http://demira.shopkeeper.de/~sascha/nx9005/
> >its pretty informative.
> >
> >Mervin McDougall
> >
> >
> >		
> >  
> >
> (For FreeBSD current mailing list and Cyrille
> Lefevre): What is the 
> current status of this patch, is there an updated
> version of this patch 
> that address console slowness, etc., and when will
> it be MFC'd to 
> 5-STABLE? (5.4_RELEASE?)
> ----------------
> This is a problem with most ATI RAGE cards including
> my laptop (Armada 
> 1750, ATI Rage LT Pro) I have successfully applied
> this patch to that 
> system and can now use 1024x768 at the console, the
> patch is here: 
>
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=kern/71142
> Please note that at Lines 790, 982, and 1000 are
> hard returns that brake 
> the patch when run though the awk script so fix them
> before you run 
> "qp2txt patch.eml | patch" or "patch <nameofpatch".
> after I fixed those 
> problems the patch applied cleanly to 5.3-RELEASE
> and I then rebuilt my 
> kernel with "options VESA" and "options
> SC_PIXEL_MODE" and rebuilt 
> vidcontrol then typed in "vidcontrol MODE_279",
> after I tested that to 
> see if it worked, I added it to my rc.conf as
> "allscreens_flags="MODE_279".
> 
> For more info about this patch go here 
>
http://unix.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/FreeBSD/current/2004-08/
> and 
> read the thread labeled "[PATCH TO TEST] VESA
> [1024x768] mode support 
> for FreeBSD-CURRENT" (08/27/04 - 08/31/04)
> 
> Also this resource is very helpful, The FreeBSD
> Console - Living without 
> X: http://lickwid.ath.cx/~tlp/fbsd-console.html
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