Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2011 11:45:52 -0500 From: Chris Brennan <xaero@xaerolimit.net> To: Marc UBM Bocklet <ubm.freebsd@googlemail.com> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: lockup with vidcontrol VESA_800x600 Message-ID: <AANLkTi=TQu7a-EoXA-hsU86-oSsdQi2s1B=%2B0pjqsAtb@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20110109113103.c3a56586.ubm.freebsd@gmail.com> References: <20110109113103.c3a56586.ubm.freebsd@gmail.com>
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Did you try http://www.freebsdwiki.net/index.php/High_Resolution_Console? -- Sent from my Droid On Jan 9, 2011 6:58 AM, "Marc UBM Bocklet" <ubm.freebsd@googlemail.com> wrote: > > Hiho! :-) > > Yesterday I upgraded to > > FreeBSD hostname 9.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 9.0-CURRENT #28: Sat Jan 8 > 17:05:30 CET 2011 > > and vidcontrol VESA_800x600 stopped working (again). I exchanged emails > with jkim about a similar problem in February 2010 (vidcontrol > VESA_800x600 would mangle the screen output), there was no definitive > resolution, but it started working again sometime around July 2010. > > Now however, when I try to set VESA_800x600, my machine seems to > lockup. It no longer responds to any input, I cannot ping it and I > cannot drop to the debugger. > > I've tried setting other modes, but trying to set them results in: > > obtaining new video mode parameters: operation not supported by device. > > graphics card is a: > > vgapci0@pci0:1:0:0: class=0x030000 card=0x013a1002 chip=0x514c1002 > rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'ATI Technologies Inc. / Advanced Micro > Devices, Inc.' device = 'Radeon 8500 / 8500LE (R200)' > class = display > subclass = VGA > > Any clues what might have changed? > > > Bye > Marc > > -- > Marc "UBM" Bocklet <ubm.freebsd@gmail.com> > -- > Marc "UBM" Bocklet <ubm.freebsd@gmail.com> > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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