Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 22:13:20 +0100 From: Lewis Thompson <lewiz@fajita.org> To: FreeBSD-questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: VESA_800x600 (age old question) Message-ID: <20040908211320.GA47384@fajita.org> In-Reply-To: <20040908205923.GA1320@moo.holy.cow> References: <20040908183714.GA43489@fajita.org> <20040908205923.GA1320@moo.holy.cow>
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--Qxx1br4bt0+wmkIi Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Sep 08, 2004 at 04:59:23PM -0400, Parv wrote: > in message <20040908183714.GA43489@fajita.org>, wrote Lewis Thompson > thusly... > > vidcontrol: cannot set videomode: Operation not supported by device > > > > Can somebody please tell me what this means? >=20 > All that means is the card does not have proper/complete VESA > implementation. IOW, get a card w/ proper/complete VESA > implementation? Aha! So while it does have a VESA BIOS it's just not complete. Presumably the vesa code uses some of the less common features to achieve what it does? In a word, it's doesn't work and it's not going to without some really radical changes to the vesa code? Can you confirm/refute this? I'd love to switch the card... unfortunately this is a laptop and I really don't fancy soldering it; might void my Sony warranty ;) -lewiz. --=20 I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now. --Bob Dylan, 1964. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -| msn:purple@lewiz.net | jabber:lewiz@jabber.org | url:www.lewiz.org |- --Qxx1br4bt0+wmkIi Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBP3XvItq0KFQv7T8RAuHFAKDdIxy9lhkY7qkpPqJNMPhMJAex2wCgwdGe k7jSeejTLf9wIE33AJCuqh4= =XoRi -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Qxx1br4bt0+wmkIi--
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