Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 15:53:36 +0000 From: nsmart@kira.team400.ie To: =?UNKNOWN?Q?S=F8ren?= Schmidt <sos@freebsd.dk> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Any way to get machine out of hires when it breaks into DDB> ? Message-ID: <36AF3680.18A23F11@kira.team400.ie> References: <199901271345.OAA34655@freebsd.dk>
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> > I don't understand why we can't use VM86 bios calls to switch modes these > > days. Mind you, I don't really understand the VM86 code. > > Short version: > > Modern Xservers puts the cards into accelerated modes, and the BIOS > dont know how to restore those kind of fancy things, they only know > how to deal with "after hardware rest" state of affairs, and modes > they have setup themselves. Hmm, would it be possible for the video driver to give some code to the kernel/a daemon at X11 initialisation which would put the video card back into VGA mode when executed? Regards, Niall To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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