From owner-freebsd-current Mon Jan 11 20:03:34 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA20885 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Mon, 11 Jan 1999 20:03:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from outmail.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp (outmail.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp [160.12.196.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA20880 for ; Mon, 11 Jan 1999 20:03:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp) Received: from zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp (IDENT:xIZUqOsng6khGzlhJS3JSn8zm/n5QQ2l@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp [160.12.42.1]) by outmail.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id NAA05845; Tue, 12 Jan 1999 13:02:49 +0900 (JST) Received: from zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp (zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp [160.12.42.1]) by zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp (8.7.6+2.6Wbeta7/3.4W/zodiac-May96) with ESMTP id NAA06417; Tue, 12 Jan 1999 13:05:16 +0900 (JST) Message-Id: <199901120405.NAA06417@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> To: sasha@earthling.net cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG, yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp Subject: Re: Splash crash In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 12 Jan 1999 14:37:13 +1100." References: Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 13:05:15 +0900 From: Kazutaka YOKOTA Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >> Um, yes, there is another possibility of error. If the video driver >> finds it unable to switch video modes on your video card, >> splash_bmp.ko will fail too. Run the `dmesg' command and see if it >> shows something like "...video mode switching is only partially >> supported..." among boot messages. There is no fix for this at the >> moment. Sorry. > >Is this the same reason why rain_saver.ko and warp_saver.ko return error >19 when I try to load them? I get the "video mode switching is only >partially supported..." message on bootup, and can't get splash_bmp to >work (same problem). logo_saver seems to work, 'though. Yes. I am afraid that is exactly the cause of the problem. syscons and the new vga driver have had this problem for some time now. They don't understand the format of the BIOS video parameter table on some video cards. This is a compatibility problem. I have been thinking of fixing this by using BIOS call via VM86 lately... Kazu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message