From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 12 12:20:15 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from typhoon.mail.pipex.net (typhoon.mail.pipex.net [158.43.128.27]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0FD5214E07 for ; Sun, 12 Dec 1999 12:20:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: (qmail 4284 invoked from network); 12 Dec 1999 20:19:52 -0000 Received: from useraf89.uk.uudial.com (HELO marder-1.) (62.188.132.76) by smtp.dial.pipex.com with SMTP; 12 Dec 1999 20:19:52 -0000 Received: (from mark@localhost) by marder-1. (8.9.3/8.8.8) id UAA01322; Sun, 12 Dec 1999 20:19:36 GMT (envelope-from mark) Date: Sun, 12 Dec 1999 20:19:36 +0000 From: Mark Ovens To: "Network Admin [JPeterson]" Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: splash screen / saver Message-ID: <19991212201936.A396@marder-1> References: <19991210183948.A320@marder-1> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre2i In-Reply-To: Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- PERL has been described as "the duct tape of the Internet" and "the Unix Swiss Army chainsaw" - Computer Shopper 12/99 ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message