From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Jan 29 08:26:34 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA04650 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Fri, 29 Jan 1999 08:26:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA04643 for ; Fri, 29 Jan 1999 08:26:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA00859; Fri, 29 Jan 1999 08:22:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199901291622.IAA00859@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Mark Newton cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, mike@smith.net.au Subject: Re: Any way to get machine out of hires when it breaks into DDB> ? In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 29 Jan 1999 13:36:29 +1030." <199901290306.NAA07795@atdot.dotat.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 08:22:13 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > 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