From owner-freebsd-current Mon Oct 6 09:22:50 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id JAA08620 for current-outgoing; Mon, 6 Oct 1997 09:22:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current) Received: from hydrogen.nike.efn.org (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.28]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id JAA08608 for ; Mon, 6 Oct 1997 09:22:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gurney_j@efn.org) Received: (from jmg@localhost) by hydrogen.nike.efn.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id JAA13052; Mon, 6 Oct 1997 09:21:17 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <19971006092117.47291@hydrogen.nike.efn.org> Date: Mon, 6 Oct 1997 09:21:17 -0700 From: John-Mark Gurney To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?S=F8ren_Schmidt?= Cc: Philippe Regnauld , freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: current on notebook (as of Oct 3) References: <19971006150311.61677@deepo.prosa.dk> <199710061546.RAA00245@sos.freebsd.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Mutt 0.69 In-Reply-To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=3C199710061546=2ERAA00245=40sos=2Efreebsd=2Edk=3E=3B_fro?= =?iso-8859-1?Q?m_S=F8ren_Schmidt_on_Mon=2C_Oct_06=2C_1997_at_05=3A46=3A5?= =?iso-8859-1?Q?9PM_+0200?= Reply-To: John-Mark Gurney Organization: Cu Networking X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 2.2.1-RELEASE i386 X-PGP-Fingerprint: B7 EC EF F8 AE ED A7 31 96 7A 22 B3 D8 56 36 F4 X-Files: The truth is out there X-URL: http://resnet.uoregon.edu/~gurney_j/ Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Søren Schmidt scribbled this message on Oct 6: > In reply to Philippe Regnauld who wrote: > > John-Mark Gurney writes: > > > > > next, I would like to know how to get 80x30 on my notebook back.. > > > right now when I try to set the mode, vidcontrol reports: > > > Cannot set videomode: Device not configured > > > > Same here. This is since 2.2.x, I can't get 80x30 on the laptop. > > Wierd, I just tried it on my notebook, it works just fine both 80x30 > and 80x60. > > The only reason I can think of is that the check_modetable_for_sanity > function, somehow is discarding the modetable in the video BIOS, why > I cant tell offhand, but with a verbose boot the table is dumped so > it should be possible to inspect and compare with what the check > function wants... well.. I posted the -v boot from the kernel.. do you need it again?? -- John-Mark Gurney Modem/FAX: +1 541 683 6954 Cu Networking Live in Peace, destroy Micro$oft, support free software, run FreeBSD