Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 19:37:14 +0100 From: Lewis Thompson <lewiz@fajita.org> To: FreeBSD-questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: VESA_800x600 (age old question) Message-ID: <20040908183714.GA43489@fajita.org>
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--nFreZHaLTZJo0R7j Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, This question has been rehashed many times, so I apologise. I've got VESA and SC_PIXEL_MODE in my kernel and I want to be able to do: vidcontrol VESA_800x600. However, when I do this I receive the following message: vidcontrol: cannot set videomode: Operation not supported by device The general answer to this seems to be make sure SC_PIXEL_MODE is in your kernel. It is. This is an Intel 855GM/GME Montara (I use i810 for x.org). I don't know if it means anything but in the Xorg.log file I am told that a VESA BIOS is detected: (II) I810(0): VESA BIOS detected Can somebody please tell me what this means? Somebody seemed to think that the error means that the card doesn't have a VESA BIOS but this doesn't seem to be the case. Is VESA_800x600 just not supported on the 855GM? Thanks and apologies... this topic is getting boring now ;) -lewiz. --=20 I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now. --Bob Dylan, 1964. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -| msn:purple@lewiz.net | jabber:lewiz@jabber.org | url:www.lewiz.org |- --nFreZHaLTZJo0R7j Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBP1FaItq0KFQv7T8RAm/CAKCMszu7LN2UX9eYpRa1Q+TuLaVTXwCaAoXq cGDQuUalVkp+oTgdatIXClY= =7+0s -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nFreZHaLTZJo0R7j--
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