From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Aug 2 15:32:38 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp1.mx.pitdc1.stargate.net (smtp1.mx.pitdc1.stargate.net [206.210.69.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 94A6E37B401 for ; Thu, 2 Aug 2001 15:32:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mav@wastegate.net) Received: (qmail 7924 invoked from network); 2 Aug 2001 22:33:46 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mother) (209.166.133.11) by smtp1.mx.pitdc1.stargate.net with SMTP; 2 Aug 2001 22:33:46 -0000 From: "Doug Reynolds" To: "Ian Grindley" , "so@server.i-clue.de" Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2001 18:29:40 -0400 Reply-To: "Doug Reynolds" X-Mailer: PMMail 98 Professional (2.01.1600) For Windows 98 (4.10.2222) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: really stupid question about vidcontrol Message-Id: <20010802223235.94A6E37B401@hub.freebsd.org> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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