Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2001 18:29:40 -0400 From: "Doug Reynolds" <mav@wastegate.net> To: "Ian Grindley" <ian.grindley@nichetech.co.uk>, "so@server.i-clue.de" <so@server.i-clue.de> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: really stupid question about vidcontrol Message-ID: <20010802223235.94A6E37B401@hub.freebsd.org>
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On Wed, 01 Aug 2001 19:13:51 +0200, Christoph Sold wrote: >> I have tried vidcontrol (looks promising but I cant get it to do much) >> also it shows a gray background instead of brilliant white. > >This is because the braindead PC hardware does not allow for bright >white background colors. Have a look at the output of vidcontrol show, >that's all you will get. the pc will allow it, there is a VGA register you can set to change it. what happens is you reprogram the register so that when you change the color to a blinking background, instead of blinking it gives a high intensity back ground. the register, however, eludes me at this moment. --- doug reynolds | the maverick | mav@wastegate.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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