Re: hp omnibook 6000

Andy Sparrow ([email protected]) wrote:
> > Hi,
> >  Does anyone here besides myself run FreeBSD 4.5 or later on an HP
> > OmniBook 6000?
> 
> Errm. Running 4.5-RC2 (with the original XFree 4.2 port) right now.
> 
> Probably good enough for your purposes.
> 
> > Are there any good websites with details and experiences
> > from other users?
> > 
> >  Specifically, I need help or advice with:
> > 
> >  - full screen console mode
> 
> You mean you want the console to fill the LCD screen to the edges, rather than 
> being a little window with text in it? That's a BIOS option - I forget which 
> one, but it's reasonably obvious. Nothing else will effect the size of the 
> text in the console, AFAIK.

There is a way to set vesa modes at boot, but they do not work
with the ati rage mobility card as far as I could tell. I guess they
work with something, because they are there :)

> Personally, I run with the "small text", because it's crisp at the "native" 
> resolution - when expanded to fill the LCD, it's kinda fuzzy. YMMV.

You can get high resolution fonts and 1024x768 screen by using
vidcontrol, if your video card is supported. I couldn't seem to find out
which ones were and which ones weren't.

example:
vidcontrol -g 100x37 VESA_800x600

--
Mike

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