From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 30 21:55:30 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CE711065672 for ; Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:55:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tobias.rehbein@web.de) Received: from fmmailgate02.web.de (fmmailgate02.web.de [217.72.192.227]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91A678FC0A for ; Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:55:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp05.web.de ( [172.20.4.166]) by fmmailgate02.web.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37A8C16D19E73 for ; Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:22:52 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [95.88.225.161] (helo=sushi.pseudo.local) by smtp05.web.de with asmtp (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (WEB.DE 4.110 #24) id 1Oex2a-00073q-00 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:22:52 +0200 Received: from sushi.pseudo.local (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sushi.pseudo.local (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id o6ULMp8A001846 for ; Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:22:51 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from tobi@sushi.pseudo.local) Received: (from tobi@localhost) by sushi.pseudo.local (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id o6ULMpNo001845 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:22:51 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from tobi) Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:22:51 +0200 From: Tobias Rehbein To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20100730212251.GA1648@sushi.pseudo.local> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="HcAYCG3uE/tztfnV" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Sender: tobias.rehbein@web.de X-Sender: tobias.rehbein@web.de X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1+4vvmrSb05w97/dD6oSpfmpJTktjFsptUmCEao VuH+wEhRIaKHm9eCxr3735yMxL3SO+wy+lK6/HlCYDWSkdm3Zt bZrIDtkwG5D15z10EP6w== Subject: vidcontrol / vesa mode regression in 8.1-RELEASE X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:55:30 -0000 --HcAYCG3uE/tztfnV Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 --HcAYCG3uE/tztfnV Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkxTQqoACgkQ6LYxOE8q4xSb4ACeKinmNz3gvfKlcoIXEkZWU8Hn QsAAn3YlImGt6W4Fg8og/3oMoRV+at/z =/Ou1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --HcAYCG3uE/tztfnV--