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Subject: Re: HP DX5150 and screen-savers
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> From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org  Tue Dec  9 16:20:40 2014
> Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2014 16:20:35 -0600 (CST)
> From: Robert Bonomi <bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com>
> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> Subject: HP DX5150 and screen-savers
>
>
> I'm pretty sure I've done something 'wrong', but can't figure out what. :((
> I'm running a stripped-down monolithic kernel, with evrything built-in (no 
> modules being run-time loaded), and cant get a screen-saver to work with the
> built-in ATI Radeon x300 graphics.  I've got the 'sc' console driver, and 
> 'vesa' support compiled-in, and fire_saver bitches at boot time, failing to
> install.  (-that- machine is at another location, so I don't have the exact
> boot-time error message handy)

Update:  I *didn't* do anything wrong!  <sigh>

The d*mn video card doesn't support low-end (CGA or EGA) graphics modes.  The 
'fire_saver' screen-saver (the one I'm trying to use) only tries GCA 320x200
graphics and two other modes specific to the 'PC98' implementation.  So,
of course the saver failed to initialize.

I've hacked the code to try all the 'reasonable' graphics modes, and it now
loads and runs.

So far, so good.  :)