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Date:      Wed, 8 Sep 2004 22:13:20 +0100
From:      Lewis Thompson <lewiz@fajita.org>
To:        FreeBSD-questions <questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: VESA_800x600 (age old question)
Message-ID:  <20040908211320.GA47384@fajita.org>
In-Reply-To: <20040908205923.GA1320@moo.holy.cow>
References:  <20040908183714.GA43489@fajita.org> <20040908205923.GA1320@moo.holy.cow>

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On Wed, Sep 08, 2004 at 04:59:23PM -0400, Parv wrote:
> in message <20040908183714.GA43489@fajita.org>, wrote Lewis Thompson
> thusly...
> > vidcontrol: cannot set videomode: Operation not supported by device
> >
> > Can somebody please tell me what this means?
>=20
> All that means is the card does not have proper/complete VESA
> implementation.  IOW, get a card w/ proper/complete VESA
> implementation?

Aha!  So while it does have a VESA BIOS it's just not complete.
Presumably the vesa code uses some of the less common features to
achieve what it does?  In a word, it's doesn't work and it's not going
to without some really radical changes to the vesa code?  Can you
confirm/refute this?

  I'd love to switch the card... unfortunately this is a laptop and I
really don't fancy soldering it; might void my Sony warranty ;)

-lewiz.

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