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From: Snob Art Genre <benedict@echonyc.com>
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Subject: video mode switching only partially supported
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I'm curious about this message from my kernel.  The full dmesg output is
below.  My syscons stuff is straight out of GENERIC.

sc0 at 0x60-0x6f irq 1 on motherboard
sc0: WARNING: video mode switching is only partially supported
sc0: VGA color <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x0>



 Ben

"You have your mind on computers, it seems." 

FreeBSD 2.2.5-STABLE #0: Mon Feb 16 16:24:34 EST 1998
    root@ben.tapehouse.net:/usr/src/sys/compile/LOCAL4
CPU: Pentium (99.72-MHz 586-class CPU)
  Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0x525  Stepping=5
  Features=0x1bf<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,MCE,CX8>
real memory  = 134217728 (131072K bytes)
avail memory = 127504384 (124516K bytes)
Probing for devices on PCI bus 0:
chip0 <Intel 82434NX (Neptune) PCI cache memory controller> rev 17 on pci0:0
chip1 <Intel 82378IB PCI-ISA bridge> rev 67 on pci0:2
ahc0 <Adaptec 2940 SCSI host adapter> rev 0 int a irq 9 on pci0:6
ahc0: aic7870 Wide Channel, SCSI Id=7, 16 SCBs
ahc0 waiting for scsi devices to settle
(ahc0:0:0): "SEAGATE ST15230N 0638" type 0 fixed SCSI 2
sd0(ahc0:0:0): Direct-Access 4095MB (8386733 512 byte sectors)
vga0 <Display device> rev 0 on pci0:12
fxp0 <Intel EtherExpress Pro 10/100B Ethernet> rev 2 int a irq 9 on pci0:14
fxp0: Ethernet address 00:a0:c9:65:45:a8
Probing for devices on the ISA bus:
sc0 at 0x60-0x6f irq 1 on motherboard
sc0: WARNING: video mode switching is only partially supported
sc0: VGA color <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x0>
sio0 at 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 on isa
sio0: type 16550A
sio1 at 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on isa
sio1: type 16550A
lpt0 at 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa
lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
lp0: TCP/IP capable interface
fdc0 at 0x3f0-0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on isa
fdc0: FIFO enabled, 8 bytes threshold
fd0: 1.44MB 3.5in
wdc0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7 irq 14 on isa
wdc0: unit 0 (atapi): <FX400_02/B03>, removable, intr, iordis
wdc1 not found at 0x170
npx0 flags 0x1 on motherboard
npx0: INT 16 interface
changing root device to sd0a
Intel Pentium F00F detected, installing workaround


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