From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Dec 10 10:40:10 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from monsoon.mail.pipex.net (monsoon.mail.pipex.net [158.43.128.69]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3815114D44 for ; Fri, 10 Dec 1999 10:40:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: (qmail 15766 invoked from network); 10 Dec 1999 18:39:57 -0000 Received: from userbi40.uk.uudial.com (HELO marder-1.) (62.188.143.104) by smtp.dial.pipex.com with SMTP; 10 Dec 1999 18:39:57 -0000 Received: (from mark@localhost) by marder-1. (8.9.3/8.8.8) id SAA00805; Fri, 10 Dec 1999 18:39:49 GMT (envelope-from mark) Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1999 18:39:48 +0000 From: Mark Ovens To: "Network Admin [JPeterson]" Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: splash screen / saver Message-ID: <19991210183948.A320@marder-1> References: <19991209224530.C320@marder-1> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre2i In-Reply-To: Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Dec 09, 1999 at 06:17:34PM -0500, Network Admin [JPeterson] wrote: > > > On Thu, Dec 09, 1999 at 03:37:50PM -0500, Network Admin [JPeterson] wrote: > > > growl, grumble, moan, gripe, complain.. =) > > > > > > > I take it that it's still not working? > > > > As someone else )Sheldon?) mentioned, do you have > > > > options "VM86" > > options VESA # needs VM86 defined too!! > > > > in your kernel? > > Yes, I have those lines in my conf: > > and no it still is not working =( > Well, I can't think of anything else except to check the output from ``dmesg'' carefully for errors. One to look for would be an error 19 from the vesa module, which means that your graphics card doesn't support (or can't be switched to) the required resolution. All cards however should work with a 320x200 bitmap. BTW, I won't be able to get my e-mail now until Sunday evening (GMT) so any further replies may be a bit slow. > -- PERL has been described as "the duct tape of the Internet" and "the Unix Swiss Army chainsaw" - Computer Shopper 12/99 ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message