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Date:      Mon, 6 Aug 2012 17:46:10 +0300
From:      nickolasbug@gmail.com
To:        "Eugene M. Zheganin" <emz@norma.perm.ru>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: console in graphic mode
Message-ID:  <CAMgYTKv527Mdcah0fNprmKzbsTD3vAZngtq99b6ANL0r=96N=A@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <501F97C7.3090904@norma.perm.ru>
References:  <501F97C7.3090904@norma.perm.ru>

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2012/8/6 Eugene M. Zheganin <emz@norma.perm.ru>:
> I'm trying to play with a console in graphic mode and with UTF-8 in it.
> Nowadays device sc and options SC_PIXEL_MODE are in GENERIC, so I added only
> the
>
> options         TEKEN_UTF8
>
> and built/installed the new kernel.
>
> Now I'm stuck in a pretty stupid situation: my monitor refuses to work in
> any of the graphical mode available. Only text modes are working.
> My monitor is a Dell E177FP, it's manufactured in 2006. I understand that
> this isn't the last model, but still it's not a museum showpiece.
>
> Can something be done in this situation ?
>

You need VESA and X86BIOS support in your kernel (for i386/amd64 archs).
options VESA is already included in GENERIC, you need to add options
X86BIOS to kernel config file or load modules during boot process (man
loader.conf)

wbr



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