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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?

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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>
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