Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:01:18 -0400 From: Jung-uk Kim <jkim@FreeBSD.org> To: "barbara" <barbara.xxx1975@libero.it> Cc: freebsd-bugs <freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org>, dummy <dummy@smtp.ru> Subject: Re: kern/144654: [vesa] VESA support broken on FreeBSD 8.0 Stable [regression] Message-ID: <201003161901.26637.jkim@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <KZECAU$16804CE1EDB6357DA478B7A3B6F6B28B@libero.it> References: <KZECAU$16804CE1EDB6357DA478B7A3B6F6B28B@libero.it>
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On Tuesday 16 March 2010 06:40 pm, barbara wrote: > > On Tuesday 16 March 2010 01:16 pm, you wrote: > > > On Monday 15 March 2010 08:19 pm, barbara wrote: > > > > > On Monday 15 March 2010 02:41 pm, Jung-uk Kim wrote: > > > > > > Can you please try the attached patch? > > > > > > > > > > Oops, it attached a wrong patch. Please try this instead. > > > > > > > > > > Sorry for the inconvenience, > > > > > > > > > > Jung-uk Kim > > > > > > > > I had the same problem on RELENG_8 since yesterday (prev. > > > > buildworld on Feb. 28). I've tried rebuilding the kernel with > > > > your patch but no luck. > > > > > > Your problem may be different. Different VESA BIOS has > > > different quirks. Your BIOS actually sets non-VGA compatible > > > bits correctly. However, there is no standard VGA graphic mode > > > at all, which is pretty strange. What's your graphics card? > > > > > > > I had to comment the 'allscreens_flags="MODE_280"' line in > > > > my /etc/rc.conf as the monitor was going black with 'NO > > > > SIGNAL' on OSD. You asked to the OP if the box is pingable. I > > > > think that you want to know if the kernel is still alive, am > > > > I right? I can "blindly" login and reboot the pc while the > > > > screen is black. > > > > > > So, it is not rendering anything on screen. Hmm... Can you > > > please try the attached patch? > > > > Please send me your kernel configuration as well. > > > > Thanks, > > > > JK > > I've attached my KERNCONF. > AFAICR, I'm using this kind of configuration for vesa since FreeBSD > 5.x and vidcontrol with MODE_ since when it was ported from > DragonflyBSD. > > I've added > device dpms > options X86BIOS > just after running csup last time, as in > /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/NOTES there is a comment stating that > X86BIOS is required by vesa. I'm not sure if that is correct. Yes, it looks okay. Thanks. Jung-uk Kim
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