From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 25 18:26:01 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0AF1B16A41C; Wed, 25 May 2005 18:26:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Received: from mh1.centtech.com (moat3.centtech.com [207.200.51.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B304843D49; Wed, 25 May 2005 18:26:00 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Received: from [10.177.171.220] (neutrino.centtech.com [10.177.171.220]) by mh1.centtech.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j4PIPt0M068307; Wed, 25 May 2005 13:25:55 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Message-ID: <4294C327.2070806@centtech.com> Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 13:25:43 -0500 From: Eric Anderson User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.7.7) Gecko/20050504 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kevin Oberman References: <20050525180645.BBB165D07@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: <20050525180645.BBB165D07@ptavv.es.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.82/894/Wed May 25 07:53:16 2005 on mh1.centtech.com X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, delphij@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [CALL FOR TESTERS] VESA High Resolution Console support from DragonFly X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 18:26:01 -0000 Kevin Oberman wrote: > 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? I'm using the vesa module, and it works fine. Did you add the SC_PIXEL_MODE line to your kernel config before rebuilding? Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology A lost ounce of gold may be found, a lost moment of time never. ------------------------------------------------------------------------