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Date:      Wed, 20 Nov 2002 08:56:33 -0000
From:      "Kjell" <junkmail@sensewave.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, kevin buch <kevin_buch@yahoo.com>
Subject:   Re: VESA...getting 24bit depth on X
Message-ID:  <3DDB4E41.16144.1429E0@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <20021120052746.73862.qmail@web14508.mail.yahoo.com>

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> I have a Dell Inspiron 3800 laptop.  I can get X to
> work but only at 8bit depth.  I want to get it to 16
> or 24, and I was told that enabling VESA in the kernel
> would work.
> 
> I enabled VESA in the kernel:
> options VESA

I have put the following in the kernel conf file:
options		VESA
options		VGA_WIDTH90
options		SC_PIXEL_MODE

> and recompiled it.  But when I restarted I still had
> to same problem.  I also added:
> 
> allscreens_flags="-g 80x30 VESA_1024x768
> in /etc/rc.conf

When i issue the following
vidcontrol -g 100x37 VESA_800x600
from the command line, my screen comes up as expected

> I really don't know what else to do.  I recently had
> RedHat on it and it worked fine...and X works fine
> except for the resolution.
> 
> All help is appreciated.
> Kevin
> 
gl from Kjell




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