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Date:      Sun, 30 Jan 2005 16:16:46 -0500
From:      "Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH" <allbery@ece.cmu.edu>
To:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Inspiron 7500 vs x.org server
Message-ID:  <200501301616.47663.allbery@ece.cmu.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20050130205650.C370416A4CF@hub.freebsd.org>
References:  <20050130205650.C370416A4CF@hub.freebsd.org>

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On Sunday 20 Shvat 5765 15:56, Julian Elischer wrote:
> If anyone knows what the Linux "vga=793" or (whatever it is)
> kernel option does and whether there is somethign equivalent for freeBSD
> that would be interesting.

It's a VESA mode + 0x100, expressed in decimal.  793 = 0x319 = 
1280x1024x15bit.

If you can determine the actual video mode needed, it might be possible to use 
vidcontrol to set it before running the server.

-- 
brandon s. allbery   [linux,solaris,freebsd,perl]      allbery@kf8nh.com
system administrator      [WAY too many hats]        allbery@ece.cmu.edu
electrical and computer engineering, carnegie mellon univ.         KF8NH



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