Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2006 08:27:06 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> To: Gobbledegeek <gobbledegeek@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: console in 1024x768 mode? Message-ID: <20060624222706.GE747@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <463aea570606240729u6b696c05vc1de0b1e03afae0f@mail.gmail.com> References: <463aea570606240729u6b696c05vc1de0b1e03afae0f@mail.gmail.com>
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--0IvGJv3f9h+YhkrH Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 2006-Jun-24 19:59:39 +0530, Gobbledegeek wrote: >I tried putting "options VESA" in kernel but buildkernel said >unsupported option. VESA relies on the kernel being able to call BIOS functions. The bios is i386 so this isn't possible in native amd64. Running non-standard console resolution means something like KGI. This was being worked on some years ago but seems to have died. --=20 Peter Jeremy --0IvGJv3f9h+YhkrH Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFEnbw5/opHv/APuIcRAvTAAKCMSzm465PWXbm5Ek9EfvwBo65DLQCcCi+K r3qTVe+tHuRlYP2zOrkd5bc= =Fgix -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --0IvGJv3f9h+YhkrH--
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