Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 13:10:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Dima Dorfman <dima@trit.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: conf/43500: [patch] rc.syscons "allscreens" improvements Message-ID: <200209302010.g8UKA3Ae089920@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR conf/43500; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Dima Dorfman <dima@trit.org> To: "Gary W. Swearingen" <swear@attbi.com> Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: conf/43500: [patch] rc.syscons "allscreens" improvements Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 19:18:03 +0000 Gary W. Swearingen <swear@attbi.com> wrote: > 2) If "allscreens_flags" is used to try to change the video mode to > one of the VESA* or 132* modes, the script will fail to do so unless > the "vesa" module has been built into the kernel; the module won't > even auto-load. It's better to make the script more robust (by > trying to load the module, if needed) than to force users to rebuild > their kernel or otherwise fix the problem. If the module fails to > load because it wasn't built, it will give an additional clue for the > error message which will follow when the mode change is attempted. This seems like the wrong place to do that. Perhaps it's possible (I haven't looked) for vidcontrol to load the module when it realizes that it needs it, or does it not have that information? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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