Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 10:27:11 -0700 From: Adam Weinberger <adam@vectors.cx> To: Stephan de Bot <stephan.de.bot@cmg.com> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Vidcontrol and IPFW messages Message-ID: <20020724172711.GT94707@vectors.cx> In-Reply-To: <20020724090917.GN7060@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> References: <D0358C5D5297D51186870003472479C726B95A@NL-MAA-MAIL01> <20020724090917.GN7060@freepuppy.bellavista.cz>
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>> (07.24.2002 @ 0209 PST): Roman Neuhauser said, in 1.0K: <<
> > From: Stephan de Bot <stephan.de.bot@cmg.com>
> > To: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
> > Subject: Vidcontrol and IPFW messages
> > Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 10:21:51 +0200
> >
> > Hi,
> > 1) I've tried to set my console to vidcontrol 132x43 but it says:
> > vidcontrol: cannot set videomode: inappropriate ioctl for device I've
> > compiled the kernel with options VESA What do I do wrong?
>
> no idea.
first of all, you need 3 kernel options to make this viable:
options VESA
options VGA_WIDTH90
options SC_PIXEL_MODE
second of all, even that is not guaranteed to work. i was horrified to
find out that my new laptop with a 64mb ati radeon 7500 wasn't vesa
compliant.
try putting in those options, and test all 3 of them at once with:
vidcontrol -g 100x37 VESA_800x600
if it doesn't work, either go to -current, make do, or buy a new card.
vesa compliancy is a sticky issue.
-Adam
--
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Adam Weinberger
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