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Date:      Tue, 11 Jan 2000 18:11:21 -0800
From:      Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org>
To:        Josef Karthauser <joe@pavilion.net>
Cc:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/contrib/softupdates ffs_softdep.c src/sy 
Message-ID:  <200001120211.SAA02684@mass.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 12 Jan 2000 02:00:32 GMT." <20000112020032.C95357@florence.pavilion.net> 

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> On Wed, Jan 12, 2000 at 12:28:03PM +1030, Daniel O'Connor wrote:
> > 
> > XFree has to know about syscons etc.. because of the previous statement
> > I made stating on XFree knows how to futz with the video card when its
> > in graphics mode (non VESA).
> > 
> 
> How many registers need to be set to get into text mode?  Does syscons
> only work in text mode by virtue of bios putting the screen in that mode
> at boot time, or does it have enough smarts to do it itself?

Could you please just go back and read the damn archives?  This question 
comes up about once every six months or so...

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\\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\  Mike Smith
\\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself,  \\  msmith@freebsd.org
\\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime.             \\  msmith@cdrom.com




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