Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 08:22:13 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Mark Newton <newton@atdot.dotat.org> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, mike@smith.net.au Subject: Re: Any way to get machine out of hires when it breaks into DDB> ? Message-ID: <199901291622.IAA00859@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 29 Jan 1999 13:36:29 %2B1030." <199901290306.NAA07795@atdot.dotat.org>
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> Mike Smith wrote: > > > > I don't understand why we can't use VM86 bios calls to switch modes these > > > days. Mind you, I don't really understand the VM86 code. > > > > The BIOS can only be expected to move from one known state to another > > known state. Because the BIOS hasn't put the card *into* the mode that > > the X server is in, it can't be expected to get it out. > > Speaking out of ignorance here: The BIOS can reset the card, can't it? No. > [ if not, how does the video mode get restored when you reboot? ] > > It's in a known state once it has been reset, one would hope... Only after a hardware reset (ie. when you reboot). -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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