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: