Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 18:24:55 +0200 (SAST) From: Khetan Gajjar <khetan@chain.freebsd.os.org.za> To: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: splashscreens Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9904111823210.1521-100000@chain.freebsd.os.org.za> In-Reply-To: <19990411170902.B257@marder-1.localhost>
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Around Today, "Mark Ovens" wrote : MO> I think it (also) depends on the graphics card. I know I get errors MO> about the required graphics mode not available for some DOS programs MO> and the card comes with a DOS TSR program which allows VESA modes MO> to be used (I've never bothered installing it though, and it would MO> be no use under FreeBSD anyway). I'm using a PCI Diamond Stealth64 Video 2001 (at the time I bought it 4 years ago, it was *hot*), which uses a S3 Trio 64V+ chipset. I'm sure later cards can easily "do" more than this one. MO> I guess some modern graphics cards just don't support VESA display MO> modes without a driver these days (coz everyone uses Windows). Oh, so I'm actually quite lucky with my older card :) --- Khetan Gajjar (!kg1779) * khetan@os.org.za http://www.os.org.za/~khetan * Talk/Finger khetan@chain.freebsd.os.org.za FreeBSD enthusiast * http://www2.za.freebsd.org/ Security-wise, NT is a OS with a "kick me" sign taped to it Reference : <19990411170902.B257@marder-1.localhost> Date : Apr 11, 1999, 5:09pm To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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