Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 09:40:15 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Stefano Riva <sriva@alice.it> Cc: "Gandalf T. Grey" <gandalf24@hotmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 3 Questions for 3.2-RELEASE Setup on Thinkpad 560X Message-ID: <19991019094015.A3394@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19991019102608.009565a0@relay.alice.it> References: <3.0.5.32.19991018184450.00b11950@relay.alice.it> <19991018150610.48729.qmail@hotmail.com> <3.0.5.32.19991018184450.00b11950@relay.alice.it> <19991018191633.B322@marder-1> <3.0.5.32.19991019102608.009565a0@relay.alice.it>
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On Tue, Oct 19, 1999 at 10:26:08AM +0200, Stefano Riva wrote:
> At 19.16 18/10/99 +0100, you wrote:
> >I see the same problem with my ATI card if I try to load a bitmap
> >other than 320x200. It is probably because, like the ATI cards,
> >the VBE (VESA BIOS Extensions) are not built in but are loaded via
> >a driver. Unfortunately this is going to be a DOS TSR program and
> >so is no use in FreeBSD. Sorry.
>
> Yes. Same problem with an ATI Mach64 built in a HP Netserver E60 I have
> on my desk right now. The strange thing is that I remember an old ATI
> Winturbo Mach64 *with* VBE. Are you sure that modern ATI cards doesn't have
> VBE built in?
>
Mine is an Xpert@Work. I don't know about newer cards though. I
would guess that they don't bother with putting VBE on board now
as hardly anyone will want it as everyone runs Windows.
It is a shame as I'm rather attached to ATI cards, they are the
only ones that I've found (although there must be many others) that
would run 1024x768@70Hz out of the box on "alternative" OSs, OS/2,
Linux, FreeBSD.
I think that Matrox cards have VBE on board as I've noticed all
the machines at work with Matrox cards display "MGA/VBE BIOS" when
they boot. Maybe I'll have to get me a G400 :), not so much for
high-res spalsh screens but to get the 132 column consoles.
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