Date: Mon, 6 Oct 1997 12:52:37 -0700 From: John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@efn.org> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: =?iso-8859-1?Q?S=F8ren_Schmidt?= <sos@sos.freebsd.dk>, regnauld@deepo.prosa.dk, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: current on notebook (as of Oct 3) Message-ID: <19971006125237.17144@hydrogen.nike.efn.org> In-Reply-To: <199710061943.MAA19733@usr04.primenet.com>; from Terry Lambert on Mon, Oct 06, 1997 at 07:43:44PM %2B0000 References: <199710061834.UAA00372@sos.freebsd.dk> <199710061943.MAA19733@usr04.primenet.com>
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Terry Lambert scribbled this message on Oct 6: > > > > 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 :) > > I think he meant to say "it should be possible for *you* to inspect" ... well.. the -v from the kernel says nothing about if the mode table is dumped (any body object to me adding this under the bootverbose flag?) and that the actual mode table as far as I can tell is compared to what the vga is currently set to... you just go and try to look at the code.. and I doubt that you will get much father... ttyl. -- John-Mark Gurney Modem/FAX: +1 541 683 6954 Cu Networking Live in Peace, destroy Micro$oft, support free software, run FreeBSD
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