Re: vidcontrol / resolution problems with latest current

On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 16:17:30 -0500
Jung-uk Kim <jkim_at_freebsd.org> wrote:

> On Monday 01 February 2010 12:44 pm, Marc UBM Bocklet wrote:
> > Hiho! :-)
> >
> > Recently, I updated to the latest version of 9-current and found
> > out that I cannot set my console resolution to 800x600 anymore. If
> > I try, it just goes blank or shows a few coloured, garbled lines in
> > the upper third of my monitor. Starting X11 blindly works, as does
> > switching to X11.
> >
> > I'm suspecting the recent tty/xterm changes, but I am not sure.
> >
> >
> > uname -a:
> >
> > FreeBSD xxx.yyy 9.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 9.0-CURRENT #17: Sat
> > Jan 23 14:58:47 CET 2010
> > sheep_at_ubm.mine.nu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SUBMARINE_SMP  i386
> >
> >
> > Relevant part of my rc.conf that I used to set console to 800x600:
> >
> > allscreens_flags="-g 100x37 VESA_800x600"
> >
> >
> > Relevant kernel option that I use:
> >
> > # VESA support
> >
> > options         VESA
> >
> > # raster display support for 800x600 resolution
> >
> > options         SC_PIXEL_MODE
> >
> >
> > Can anyone point me to a solution / is more info required?
> 
> Hmm...  The attached patch should restore the previous behavior.

No change, unfortunately. Anything I can provide to help?

Bye
Marc