Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:22:51 +0200 From: Tobias Rehbein <tobias.rehbein@web.de> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: vidcontrol / vesa mode regression in 8.1-RELEASE Message-ID: <20100730212251.GA1648@sushi.pseudo.local>
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Hi list.
I just upgraded my laptop to FreeBSD 8.1 and this time it's the first time I
actually have a regression: I can't switch my console to high resolution us=
ing
vidcontrol or allscreen_flags in rc.conf.
My kernel configuration contains VESA and SC_PIXEL_MODE:
tobi@sushi [/usr/src/sys/i386/conf] > egrep "(SC_|VESA)" SUSHI=20
options VESA
options SC_PIXEL_MODE
With basically the same kernelconfig I could use the following call in Free=
BSD
8.0 to switch my console to a higher resolution:
vidcontrol MODE_279
This no longer works. The display gets black and I can't see anything.
Nonetheless I can enter commands which are executed. I just don't get any v=
isual
feedback. So I can at least reboot after experimenting with vidcontrol ;)
I tried several modes and it seems it's the VESA modes which are misbehavin=
g. I
played with hint.sc.0.vesa_mode which is mentioned in the release notes but=
I
honestly don't know how to use it.
Any hints on this issue? I will provide further information if you tell me =
what
you need.
Thanks in advance, Tobias
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