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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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