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To: Xin LI <delphij@frontfree.net>
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Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 11:06:45 -0700
From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net>
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Subject: Re: [CALL FOR TESTERS] VESA High Resolution Console support from
	DragonFly 
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I have now completely updated my system (IBM T30 with Radeon M7 7500
graphics) to current with the patches applied. I am loading vesa a boot
time. 

I see all of the graphics modes (about 30 of them), but am unable to
enable them. I get either:
vidcontrol: Setting video mode: Inappropriate ioctl for device
or
vidcontrol: cannot activate raster mode: Inappropriate ioctl for device

depending on the mode selected. If I get the first message, it is almost
instantaneous. If I get the second, the display blanks for several
seconds before the message comes out.

Any suggestions Should I build the kernel with vesa as opposed to loading
the module?
-- 
R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)
Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
E-mail: oberman@es.net			Phone: +1 510 486-8634