Date: Mon, 6 Oct 1997 20:34:32 +0200 (MEST) From: Søren Schmidt <sos@sos.freebsd.dk> To: gurney_j@resnet.uoregon.edu Cc: regnauld@deepo.prosa.dk, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: current on notebook (as of Oct 3) Message-ID: <199710061834.UAA00372@sos.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: <19971006092117.47291@hydrogen.nike.efn.org> from John-Mark Gurney at "Oct 6, 97 09:21:17 am"
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In reply to John-Mark Gurney who wrote:
> 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??
ERhm, not really, I pointed you at where to look :)
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Søren Schmidt (sos@FreeBSD.org) FreeBSD Core Team
Even more code to hack -- will it ever end
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