svn commit: r40588 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics

[Eitan Adler]

Author: eadler
Date: Sun Jan 13 05:35:23 2013
New Revision: 40588
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/40588

Log:
  A kernel compile is not needed to change console video modes.
  
  Reported by:	Wxcafe (via twitter)
  Discussed with:	koobs
  Approved by:	bcr (mentor)

Modified:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.xml

Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.xml
==============================================================================
--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.xml	Sun Jan 13 05:28:49 2013	(r40587)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.xml	Sun Jan 13 05:35:23 2013	(r40588)
@@ -325,16 +325,13 @@ console none                            
 
       <para>The FreeBSD console default video mode may be adjusted to
 	1024x768, 1280x1024, or any other size supported by your
-	graphics chip and monitor.  To use a different video mode, you
-	first must recompile your kernel and include two additional
-	options:</para>
-
-      <programlisting>options VESA
-options SC_PIXEL_MODE</programlisting>
-
-      <para>Once the kernel has been recompiled with these two
-	options, you can then determine what video modes are supported
-	by your hardware by using the &man.vidcontrol.1; utility.  To
+	graphics chip and monitor.  To use a different video mode
+	load the <literal>VESA</literal> module:</para>
+
+      <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>kldload vesa</userinput></screen>
+
+      <para>Then determine what video modes are supported
+	by your hardware by using &man.vidcontrol.1;.  To
 	get a list of supported video modes issue the
 	following:</para>