Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 19:38:55 -0700 From: Emmanuel Gravel <egravel@earthlink.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: console reso. Message-ID: <39459EBF.74119C5B@earthlink.net> References: <4.3.1.1.20000612152727.00a6e570@pop3.concentric.net> <20000613011242.B233@parish>
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Would anyone know where to find a list of cards that have the VBE's on-chip? Thx! Emmanuel Mark Ovens wrote: > > 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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