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>> vidcontrol -i adapter < /dev/ttyv0
>
>fb0:
>    vga0, type:VESA VGA (5), flags:0x700ff
>    initial mode:24, current mode:32, BIOS mode:3
>    frame buffer window:0xb8000, buffer size:0x8000
>    window size:0x8000, origin:0x0
>    display start address (0, 0), scan line width:80
>    reserved:0x0
>
>> vidcontrol -i mode < /dev/ttyv0
[...]

They look good ;-<

Would you run a shell script like the following in a vty
and redirect stdout and stderr to a file to capture error messages?
(I expect you will still get back to the text mode display even
if the VESA mode fails.)

vidcontrol VESA_800x600
vidcontrol 80x25

Kazu

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