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Date:      Sun, 08 Aug 1999 21:34:01 -0400 (EDT)
From:      John Baldwin <jobaldwi@vt.edu>
To:        Cejka Rudolf <cejkar@dcse.fee.vutbr.cz>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   RE: VESA module doesn't work with ATI Mach64 RagePro
Message-ID:  <199908090134.VAA25772@smtp4.erols.com>
In-Reply-To: <19990808222708.A21161@dcse.fee.vutbr.cz>

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On 08-Aug-99 Cejka Rudolf wrote:
> 
> I have switched graphics card from S3Virge to ATI Mach64 RagePro rev 92
> with 8 MB RAM a I have noticed that VESA module doesn't work with this
> graphics card on my -current box - I can't use VESA_XXX console modes now.
> Command kldstat says there is loaded module vesa.ko. No errors are
> reported when I'm trying to unload/load vesa.ko module. Kernel reports
> during boot:
> 
> VESA: v2.0, 8192k memory, flags:0x0, mode table:0xc024f622 (1000022)
> VESA: ATI MACH64

These cards' VESA support sucks.  It requires an extra software driver to be
loaded, which they provide for DOS/Win9x, etc.  I have a whole lab of 40
machines that use 320x200 splash screens as a result of this nonsense.  :)

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