Date: Sun, 12 Dec 1999 20:19:36 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: "Network Admin [JPeterson]" <jay@qtm.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: splash screen / saver Message-ID: <19991212201936.A396@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <PCEIIOODPEIJJFAGCCEFEEGOCCAA.jay@qtm.net> References: <19991210183948.A320@marder-1> <PCEIIOODPEIJJFAGCCEFEEGOCCAA.jay@qtm.net>
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On Fri, Dec 10, 1999 at 02:44:16PM -0500, Network Admin [JPeterson] wrote:
> >
> > 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.
> >
>
> {~}-=# dmesg | grep VESA
> VESA: v2.0, 2048k memory, flags:0x0, mode table:0xc02bb0e2 (1000022)
> VESA: ATI MACH64
> VESA: ATI Technologies Inc.
> VESA: MACH64GT
> VESA: 01.00
>
Aha! Same as me. Mach64 cards don't have VBE on-chip so you can only
use 320x200 bitmaps :(. Make sure you're not trying the 640x480
version of the file.
>
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