Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 01:25:01 -0500 From: Jim Bryant <kc5vdj@yahoo.com> To: Kazutaka YOKOTA <yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: syscons VTY switch panic... Message-ID: <3B84A1BD.7040202@yahoo.com> References: <3B820F12.7050209@yahoo.com> <200108220350.MAA03898@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> <3B83384E.1010604@yahoo.com> <200108220520.OAA04225@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp>
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This seems to solve the problem. Thank you. How soon before VESA will be stable? I do prefer a 132x60 text-mode console... Kazutaka YOKOTA wrote: > Would you please remove the vesa driver from the kernel and > do not try loading the vesa module either, and see if things work? > > >>Actually, I have tried to get the VESA splash thing going, but never can get a >>nything to display... I can try removing that... I >>believe it is still set up this way... >> >>What are the limitations on image size and color-depth for the boot splash thi >>ng? >> > > The image must have 256 colors. Its size must be 1024x768 or smaller. > If you don't have the vesa support in the kernel, the maximum size is > 320x200. > > Kazu > > >>Kazutaka YOKOTA wrote: >> >> >>>Do you by any chance use a VESA mode in text vtys? >>> >>>The vesa module in -CURRENT has problems now. If you try to >>>set the VESA_800x600 mode in syscons, you will likely to >>>hang your machine. This is a known problem, and is somewhat >>>related to vm86 and context switching. I am afraid there is >>>no immediate fix for it. >>> >>>Kazu >>> >>> >>> >>>>I am getting this with regularity now. >>>> >>>>The one time I was available to see the panic, I forgot to go into the debug >>>> >>ge >> >>>>r and do a traceback, but it had something to do with >>>>a mwrite, and had a line concerning [maybe a buffer is....?]... >>>> >>>>I know this isn't much to go on, but that's what I have. I'll get more info >>>> >>w >> >>>>hen I feel like wasting ten or fifteen minutes for a >>>>double-reboot... [is it necessary to do the `shutdown -r now` to write a ne >>>> >>w >> >>>>entropy, or can we just keep going if it boots without >>>>the proper entropy?]... >>>> >>>>I have pretty much isolated this to VTY switching via syscons. Occasionally >>>> >>, >> >>>>it will leave the system speaker in a constant tone >>>>until it reboots. This is very noticable then X exits. jim -- ET has one helluva sense of humor! He's always anal-probing right-wing schizos! _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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