Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 21:07:00 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Any way to get machine out of hires when it breaks into DDB> ? Message-ID: <199901280507.VAA00925@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 27 Jan 1999 13:04:19 GMT." <Pine.BSF.4.01.9901271302530.95594-100000@herring.nlsystems.com>
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> On Tue, 26 Jan 1999, Mike Smith wrote: > > > > > > > It sure wouuld be nice if DDB could restore the video back to VGA. > > > Anybody have any ideas? > > > > Please search the archives for discussions of this. The short answer > > is "it can't be done". > > 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. The BIOS can only be expected to move from one known state to another known state. Because the BIOS hasn't put the card *into* the mode that the X server is in, it can't be expected to get it out. It's got nothing to do with vm86, and everything to do with the fact that the BIOS isn't used for anything anymore these days. 8( -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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