[CALL FOR TESTERS] VESA High Resolution Console support from DragonFly

[Kevin Oberman]

> Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 13:25:43 -0500
> From: Eric Anderson <anderson at centtech.com>
> 
> Kevin Oberman wrote:
> > I have now completely updated my system (IBM T30 with Radeon M7 7500
> > graphics) to current with the patches applied. I am loading vesa a boot
> > time. 
> > 
> > I see all of the graphics modes (about 30 of them), but am unable to
> > enable them. I get either:
> > vidcontrol: Setting video mode: Inappropriate ioctl for device
> > or
> > vidcontrol: cannot activate raster mode: Inappropriate ioctl for device
> > 
> > depending on the mode selected. If I get the first message, it is almost
> > instantaneous. If I get the second, the display blanks for several
> > seconds before the message comes out.
> > 
> > Any suggestions Should I build the kernel with vesa as opposed to loading
> > the module?
> 
> I'm using the vesa module, and it works fine.  Did you add the 
> SC_PIXEL_MODE line to your kernel config before rebuilding?

Thanks, Eric.

I'll be away from my desk for a bit to get lunch and have "moron"
tattooed on my forehead. :-)

How many FreeBSD systems do I have that I have SC_PIXEL_MODE on? Almost
all of them. I guess I pulled it from this system because it didn't
support a graphics console and then I forgot all about it.
-- 
R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)
Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
E-mail: oberman at es.net			Phone: +1 510 486-8634