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Improve wording in the console video mode section.

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Remko Lodder 2007-12-25 23:53:50 +00:00
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@ -306,22 +306,19 @@ options SC_PIXEL_MODE</programlisting>
<para>Once the kernel has been recompiled with these two
options, you can then determine what video modes are supported
by your hardware by using the &man.vidcontrol.1; utility. To
get a list of supported video modes, type the following in a
root console:</para>
get a list of supported video modes issue the following:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>vidcontrol -i mode</userinput></screen>
<para>The output of this command is a list of video modes that
are supported by your hardware. You can then choose to use a
new video mode by passing it to vidcontrol in a root console,
as in this example:</para>
new video mode by passing it to &man.vidcontrol.1; in a <username>root</username> console:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>vidcontrol MODE_279</userinput></screen>
<para>If the new video mode is acceptable, it can be permanently
set on boot by including the following in your
<filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename> file, again using the above
example:</para>
set on boot by setting it in the <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>
file:</para>
<programlisting>allscreens_flags="MODE_279"</programlisting>
</sect2>