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Date:      Fri, 26 Jul 2002 17:01:18 -0700 (PDT)
From:      David Xu <bsddiy@yahoo.com>
To:        Rob <rob@pythonemproject.com>, Current <freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: VESA 800x600 console not working
Message-ID:  <20020727000118.50336.qmail@web20904.mail.yahoo.com>

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Yes, this is a known problem. I have a patch for this, you may
download it from here:
http://opensource.zjonline.com.cn/freebsd/vm86patch.tgz

David Xu

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rob" <rob@pythonemproject.com>
To: "Current" <freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2002 6:46 AM
Subject: VESA 800x600 console not working


> Having a laptop here, I wanted to get the same 800x600 console that I
> have in -stable.  I built my kernel with OPTIONS VESA and OPTIONS
> SC_PIXEL_MODE.  I have tried two methods.  The first was to put 0x0080
> in the device.hints file for SC.  That gave me a blank screen upon
> startup.  I also tried putting into /usr/local/etc/rc.d the vidcontrol
> command "vidcontrol -g 100x37 VESA_800x600.  That gave me a blank screen
> at the end of the bootup.  Is this functionality broken in -current, or
> am I doing something wrong?
> 
> Thanks,  Rob.
> 
> 
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