From owner-freebsd-current Sun Aug 8 18:39:12 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from smtp4.erols.com (smtp4.erols.com [207.172.3.237]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 32F6C150C6 for ; Sun, 8 Aug 1999 18:39:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jobaldwi@vt.edu) Received: from john.baldwin.cx (207-172-143-111.s48.as1.hgt.md.dialup.rcn.com [207.172.143.111]) by smtp4.erols.com (8.8.8/smtp-v1) with ESMTP id VAA25772; Sun, 8 Aug 1999 21:34:04 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199908090134.VAA25772@smtp4.erols.com> X-Mailer: XFMail 1.3 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <19990808222708.A21161@dcse.fee.vutbr.cz> Date: Sun, 08 Aug 1999 21:34:01 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin To: Cejka Rudolf Subject: RE: VESA module doesn't work with ATI Mach64 RagePro Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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. :) --- John Baldwin -- http://members.freedomnet.com/~jbaldwin/ PGP Key: http://members.freedomnet.com/~jbaldwin/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message