Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 16:59:23 -0400 From: Parv <parv@pair.com> To: Lewis Thompson <lewiz@fajita.org> Cc: FreeBSD-questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: VESA_800x600 (age old question) Message-ID: <20040908205923.GA1320@moo.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <20040908183714.GA43489@fajita.org> References: <20040908183714.GA43489@fajita.org>
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in message <20040908183714.GA43489@fajita.org>, wrote Lewis Thompson thusly... > > 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 Won't i love to have the same on Dell i5ke w/ ATI Rage 128 Mobility M3 LF (AGP) card. > 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 Same i get for R128. (using r128 from XFree86) > Can somebody please tell me what this means? All that means is the card does not have proper/complete VESA implementation. IOW, get a card w/ proper/complete VESA implementation? - Parv --
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