From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 3 00:32:54 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: x11@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D23616A420; Sun, 3 Jul 2005 00:32:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ps@mu.org) Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBA4744350; Sun, 3 Jul 2005 00:18:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ps@mu.org) Received: by elvis.mu.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id F283261B13; Sat, 2 Jul 2005 17:18:21 -0700 (PDT) X-Original-To: ps@mu.org Delivered-To: ps@mu.org Received: from mx2.freebsd.org (mx2.freebsd.org [216.136.204.119]) by elvis.mu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B4435C99E for ; Sun, 30 Jan 2005 17:50:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from hub.freebsd.org (hub.freebsd.org [216.136.204.18]) by mx2.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84861571C1; Mon, 31 Jan 2005 01:50:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org) Received: from hub.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4C9216A4D2; Mon, 31 Jan 2005 01:50:44 +0000 (GMT) Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix, from userid 508) id 0D3D116A4CF; Mon, 31 Jan 2005 01:50:02 +0000 (GMT) To: julian@FreeBSD.ORG, matthias.andree@gmx.de In-Reply-To: Message-Id: <20050131015002.0D3D116A4CF@hub.freebsd.org> From: julian@FreeBSD.ORG (Julian Elischer) X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Sender: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Errors-To: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.1 (2004-10-22) on elvis.mu.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.0.1 X-Spam-Level: Cc: x11@freebsd.org, current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Inspiron 7500 vs x.org server X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2005 00:32:54 -0000 X-Original-Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 01:50:02 +0000 (GMT) X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2005 00:32:54 -0000 julian@FreeBSD.ORG (Julian Elischer) writes: > Adding more to this.. x.org has this as bug 1109 > It was erroneously linked as a duplicate of 1881 which has > been fixed, however that was a bug in the radeon driver and this > is the ati driver. > > If anyone knows what the Linux "vga=793" or (whatever it is) It sets a VESA graphic mode and tells the kernel to use the VESA frame buffer as a console; 793 is VESA mode 0x119 i. e. 1280x1024 in 32768 colors. Perhaps the driver doesn't know how to program proper graphic modes on your card and needs to use the BIOS. Similar nonsense as on Intel 830M and newer (up to and including 915G so far) -- Matthias Andree so if the mode is 792, is there a way to work around it? _______________________________________________ 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"