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Doh! How did I miss this!
The answer to my question is in the FAQ: 7.5 - How do I use a console resolution of 80x50?
I don't know how I missed that. On the other hand, the example given doesn't seem to work in my environment. With this: Code:
wsfontload -h 8 -e ibm /usr/share/misc/pcvtfonts/vt220l.808 wsconscfg -dF 5 wsconscfg -t 80x50 5 The FAQ does say: "Note: this will not work on all video cards. Unfortunately, not all video cards support the uploaded fonts that wscons(4) requires to achieve the 80x50 text mode." Hmm, I wonder if the FreeBSD syscons(4) fonts will work with OpenBSD wscons(4) and the ATI Rage XL video device? |
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Hi, and welcome to daemonforums!
I remember setting up the 80x50 mode in OpenBSD many years ago in one virtual console. At that time, if I recall correctly, it was done at boot time with configuration files (similar to the way it can still be done on NetBSD). I was looking for those files, but couldn't find them. But, based on your FAQ link, it seems that things may have changed as it doesn't reference any such config files. Now, more helpful than the above hopefully: when I did use the 80x50 mode, I found that the text was very hard on the eyes. One couldn't work with it for very long. This is because of the poor resolution of the fonts at that screen geometry. An alternative is possible with some hardware on very recent versions of OpenBSD. They have implemented a VESA framebuffer console, that is used automatically when possible. While I am not an expert on these changes, it appears that they work with certain Intel and radeon video hardware. If you have access to that hardware it will look much better than the fonts at 80x50. Hope that may help a bit. I'll try to review the FAQ later when I have time. |
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Support is currently available for the following graphics cards: intel(4) Intel integrated graphics chipsets radeon(4) ATI RADEON video driver |
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My impression is that the RADEON(4) driver and the R128(4) driver are two distinctly different drivers. DRM(4) doesn't mention support for r128.
I would be perfectly happy if the radeon driver worked for the ATI Rage XL chipset or if the r128 driver worked with the drm device - and a framebuffer console could be finagled - but I just don't see it in the documentation. Hmm, maybe I'm missing something? What do you think? Actually, I'm not even sure the r128 driver supports the ATI Rage XL (it's an old low-cost pre-128 chip (basically a die-shrunk Rage Pro (are these nested parenthesis annoying? (whoa, I'm having Lisp flashbacks!)))). |
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aty128fb: Rage128 RF AGP [chip rev 0x2] 32M 128-bit SDR SGRAM (1:1) |
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I did a few experiments; here's a summary of the results:
On desktop (i386 with Rage RF card) First I tried to use 80x50 mode, as described in the FAQ, with OpenBSD (5.3). I got the same results as hanzer: only the top half of the characters showed up. I figured that maybe my card is not capable either, but this is wrong, because ... I then tried it with NetBSD 6.1.2 on the same machine. The 80x50 mode showed up without any problem. Conclusion: the card is capable, and it seems like an OpenBSD bug. On laptop (amd64 running i386 BSDs, with radeon HD 6310 graphics) Here OpenBSD (5.4 snapshot) uses the framebuffer console. I don't know if this can be disabled, so I couldn't try 80x50 mode. As for the framebuffer, it seems to be using radeondrm(4). I have attached a dmesg to this post. Tried NetBSD HEAD and 80x50 mode worked ok. One other thought: Does your machine with the Rage XL also have graphics on the motherboard? If so can you get 80x50, or a framebuffer, with that (not using the Rage XL) ? Last edited by IdOp; 14th December 2013 at 08:09 PM. Reason: tweaked final thought |
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hanzer has also posted his question on misc@. For those interested, discussion can be found at the following:
http://marc.info/?t=138699787600008&r=1&w=2 Last edited by ocicat; 14th December 2013 at 09:46 PM. Reason: clarity |
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wsfontload -h 8 -e ibm /usr/share/misc/pcvtfonts/vt220l.808 wsconscfg -dF 5 wsconscfg -t 80x50 5 |
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I keep missing things. I must be getting senile.
Answers to the framebuffer console question were here the whole time, I just didn't see them. Apparently, machines with OpenBSD 5.4-release and using the intel graphics driver will (by default) boot with the framebuffer console (assuming xdm_flags=NO) and have a nice high-resolution text login screen.
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Yes, you can certainly do that, and I think it was mentioned in the FAQ. My reference to "config files" was not to /etc/rc.local though, but rather along the lines of how it is done in NetBSD, namely putting the proper entries into /etc/ttys and /etc/wscons.conf. My recollection was that at one time in the remote past it could be done this way on OpenBSD too, rather than using the wsfontload and wsconscfg programs. However, it's quite possible that my recollection on this detail is ... senile also.
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Please, be aware to use the good file : vt220l.808, as vt220 with a "L", not a "one". Edit your rc.local with vt220l.808 (vt220L), not vt2201.808 (vt2201) Edit : Well, sorry, but I was wrong. I works perfectly with old P3 desktop with a Rage 128 Pro, but doesn't work on my laptop with a Rage 128 Mobility.
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