Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 01:12:42 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: carl <statik@cris.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: console reso. Message-ID: <20000613011242.B233@parish> In-Reply-To: <4.3.1.1.20000612152727.00a6e570@pop3.concentric.net>; from statik@cris.com on Mon, Jun 12, 2000 at 03:31:48PM -0700 References: <4.3.1.1.20000612152727.00a6e570@pop3.concentric.net>
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On Mon, Jun 12, 2000 at 03:31:48PM -0700, carl wrote:
> I recently tried to get a 800x600 resolution console. As i read in the
> manual page for vidcontrol i put in the SC_PIXEL_MODE options in my kernel,
> i then config'd,installed, and reboted. The manual page then said to do
> " vidcontrol VESA_800x600 " ..after doing this command i got an error msg
> stating
> it could not raster device, operation not supported by device. I have a
> stb nvidae velocity 128 agp card, in xwin my resolution is just fine at
> 1024x768 so i know it isnt a hardware problem.
Oh yes it is. Well not exactly a *problem*. In order to run VESA modes
on the *console* your card needs the VBE (VESA BIOS Extensions) to be
on-chip. ATI cards don't have this, you have to run a DOS TSR program
which of cause you can't do under FreeBSD. Running 1024x768 in X is a
different matter altogether.
I too have an ATI card (Xpert@Work) and have the same "problem".
HTH
> please email back, thank
> you a ton!!!!!
>
> Carl
>
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