Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1998 10:57:08 +0000 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Andreas Dobloug <andreasd@ifi.uio.no> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: video mode switching is only partially supported Message-ID: <199808151057.KAA00964@word.smith.net.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "15 Aug 1998 11:20:18 %2B0200." <xnpemuiob3h.fsf@naglfar.ifi.uio.no>
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> I'm currently using FreeBSD 2.2CAM-19980716-SNAP > > I get these lines when booting: > > Probing for devices on the ISA bus: > sc0 at 0x60-0x6f irq 1 on motherboard > sc0: WARNING: video mode switching is only partially supported > sc0: VGA color <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x0> > > my display card is a "Hercules Dynamite 3D/GL 8MB AGP". > How does the syscons determine whether or not a display-card supports > switching? You've booted in a nonstandard video mode. There may be a BIOS option to select whether the spiffy graphics mode that the BIOS uses for it's logo is retained for bootroms, or whether it should switch to a standard mode. Pick the latter. -- \\ 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
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