Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 21:00:24 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> To: Michael Searle <searle@longacre.demon.co.uk> Cc: Khetan Gajjar <khetan@os.org.za>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: splashscreens Message-ID: <19990412210024.B250@marder-1.localhost> In-Reply-To: <19990412022601.37399@demon.co.uk>; from Michael Searle on Mon, Apr 12, 1999 at 02:26:01AM %2B0100 References: <19990411111937.C257@marder-1.localhost> <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9904111225250.5431-100000@pleb.cs.uct.ac.za> <19990411170902.B257@marder-1.localhost> <19990412022601.37399@demon.co.uk>
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On Mon, Apr 12, 1999 at 02:26:01AM +0100, Michael Searle wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 11, 1999 at 05:09:02PM +0100, Mark Ovens wrote:
> > On Sun, Apr 11, 1999 at 12:26:46PM +0200, Khetan Gajjar wrote:
> > > On Sun, 11 Apr 1999, Mark Ovens wrote:
> > >
> > > >What exactly do you mean by "loading the kernel module to use a
> > > >high res bitmap"?
> > >
> > > I meant to load the vesa kld, which I see you've already done.
> > >
> > > If you're doing that, then I have no idea. I'm using -current,
> > > so it could be something fixed in that.
> > >
> >
> > I think it (also) depends on the graphics card. I know I get errors
> > about the required graphics mode not available for some DOS programs
> > and the card comes with a DOS TSR program which allows VESA modes
> > to be used (I've never bothered installing it though, and it would
> > be no use under FreeBSD anyway).
> >
> > I guess some modern graphics cards just don't support VESA display
> > modes without a driver these days (coz everyone uses Windows).
> >
>
> AFAIK everything supports at least some VESA modes. There's enough
> DOS software still in use that it has to. (even DOS software still
> being written... blech.) Using lower resolutions is not likely to
> help though, as it is more often these that are missing. (320x200
> will work on anything of course, I mean 320x240,400x300, 512x384.)
> The most usual ones are the medium resolutions - 640x400, 640x480,
> 800x600,1024x768. It should give them in the card's manual though.
>
Well, as I said, the Xpert@Work seems to need a DOS TSR to enable
VESA modes so that would satisfy DOS requirements, but they're just
not available without this driver.
When I get time I'll check ATI's website, see if there's any
programming info.
>
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