Subject: misc/17624: vga(4) manpage misses kernel options
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: Julio Merino <jmmv@hispabsd.org>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 07/17/2002 20:36:24
>Number: 17624
>Category: misc
>Synopsis: vga(4) manpage misses kernel options
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: misc-bug-people
>State: open
>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Wed Jul 17 11:36:00 PDT 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Julio Merino
>Release: NetBSD 1.6D
>Organization:
HispaBSD
>Environment:
System: NetBSD darkstar.local 1.6D NetBSD 1.6D (DARKSTAR) #2: Wed Jul 17 19:45:32 CEST 2002 jmmv@darkstar.local:/var/build/kernel/DARKSTAR i386
Architecture: i386
Machine: i386
>Description:
The vga(4) manpage does not contain any information about kernel
options supported. I've added the two found in GENERIC plus a
paragraph referring to one of them.
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
Index: vga.4
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/sharesrc/share/man/man4/vga.4,v
retrieving revision 1.9
diff -u -u -r1.9 vga.4
--- vga.4 2001/09/11 23:18:55 1.9
+++ vga.4 2002/07/17 18:31:41
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
.Nm vga
.Nd VGA graphics driver for wscons
.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Cd options VGA_CONSOLE_SCREENTYPE="??x??"
+.Cd options VGA_CONSOLE_ATI_BROKEN_FONTSEL
+.Pp
.Cd "vga0 at isa?"
.Cd "vga* at pci?"
.Cd "wsdisplay* at vga? console ?"
@@ -95,6 +98,11 @@
screen types; a font containing the
.Tn ASCII
range of characters must be available too on this screen.
+.Pp
+If you have an Ati videocard and you are experiencing problems with
+fonts other than 80x25, you can try to set
+.Cd options VGA_CONSOLE_ATI_BROKEN_FONTSEL
+in you kernel configuration and see if it helps.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr isa 4 ,
.Xr pcdisplay 4 ,
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: