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On Friday 15 December 2006 13:56, J. W. Ballantine wrote:
> Pieter,
>
> Thanks for the response, but I may have asked the wrong question.
You're welcome :)
>
> I have two systems running 6-STABLE, one on a desktop pc and one
> on a laptop.  Both have saver="logo" in rc.conf, but the laptop
> fails to load it:
>  logo_saver: the console does not support M_VGA_CG320
>  Module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (logo_saver, 0xc266aac8, 0) error 19

You could try adding 'options VESA' to your kernel config. 
I think 'kldload vesa' will also work. logo_saver should then use mode 
M_VESA_CG800x600 instead of M_VGA_CG320.

- Pieter