Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 19:16:33 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Stefano Riva <sriva@alice.it> Cc: "Gandalf T. Grey" <gandalf24@hotmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 3 Questions for 3.2-RELEASE Setup on Thinkpad 560X Message-ID: <19991018191633.B322@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19991018184450.00b11950@relay.alice.it> References: <19991018150610.48729.qmail@hotmail.com> <3.0.5.32.19991018184450.00b11950@relay.alice.it>
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On Mon, Oct 18, 1999 at 06:44:50PM +0200, Stefano Riva wrote:
> At 08.06 18/10/99 PDT, you wrote:
> > 1. I can't use a 640x480 splash screen even with VESA support
> > compiled into the kernel. At boot, I see the VESA module load,
> > but the splash screen display still fails with error 19.
>
I see the same problem with my ATI card if I try to load a bitmap
other than 320x200. It is probably because, like the ATI cards,
the VBE (VESA BIOS Extensions) are not built in but are loaded via
a driver. Unfortunately this is going to be a DOS TSR program and
so is no use in FreeBSD. Sorry.
> Try "vidcontrol -i mode". It'll show you the video modes supported by
> FreeBSD with your hardware. If the VESA module is loaded and you don't see
> VESA modes...
>
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