Subject: Re: wscons and hi-res vga console
To: Matthias Drochner <drochner@zel459.zel.kfa-juelich.de>
From: Jonathan Stone <jonathan@DSG.Stanford.EDU>
List: port-i386
Date: 06/22/1999 11:10:44
>lennox@alcita.com said:
>> Is there any support in wscons for very hi-res vga text modes (e.g.
>> 132x50), similar to what linux calls vga consoles?

>This would need either detailed knowledge of the VGA card or
>VGA BIOS calls by the kernel. The latter is non-portable.
>How is it done in Linux?

One method is SVGATextMode: a utility which uses a config file with
timing info, in a syntax derived from XF86Config, but with modelines
named for char geometries.