Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 20:28:59 -0500 (EST) From: aa8vb@pagesz.net To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: aa8vb@pagesz.net Subject: kern/9520: VESA Console Lock-ups Message-ID: <199901160128.UAA00908@stealth.dummynet.>
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>Number: 9520
>Category: kern
>Synopsis: VESA Console Lock-ups
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Fri Jan 15 17:50:00 PST 1999
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Randall Hopper
>Release: FreeBSD 3.0-RELEASE i386
>Organization:
self
>Environment:
Stock 3.0-RELEASE. VESA and VM86 options in compiled into kernel.
VESA: v1.2, 4096k memory, flags:0x1, mode table:0xf00c4c64 (c0004c64)
VESA: STB Velocity 3D (S3 86C988)
sc0 at 0x60-0x6f irq 1 on motherboard
sc0: VGA color <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x0>
>Description:
I like the new VESA support! However, if I'm not careful I can
lock my system pretty easily. For example, switch ttyv0 to
132x43, then Alt-F2 over to ttyv1. Instant lock. If I switch
all the ttys over to the same mode before a tty switch (via
vidcontrol < /dev/ttyv1 132x40, etc.) then tty switches seem
to work OK. However if I try to switch ttyv0 back to 80x60 while
ttyv0 is active, I hit another lock up.
BTW, I'd sure like to do 132x60 on my 21" but it says
"not supported" (though that's what it says when you haven't loaded
the right font. I've loaded an 8x8 font and can do 80x60. Any
tricks to getting this to work?
>How-To-Repeat:
Alt-F1
vidcontrol 132x60
Alt-F2
>Fix:
Unknown.
--Thanks.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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