Date: Thu, 23 Nov 1995 18:14:57 -0800 From: Mark Ng <mng@crl.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: syscons, fbsdboot, & SVGA notebook? Message-ID: <199511240214.AA27638@crl11.crl.com>
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I'm trying to get XFree86 running on an IBM Thinkpad
755CX notebook in 800x600 LCD mode but having a problem
with text output to the console getting messed up.
The way Linux users run X on this notebook is to run
the "ps2 mode3x on" command to set up SVGA and warm
boot using loadlin under DOS. This also works on
FreeBSD using "fbsdboot -r." But while booting all
text lines from the copyright message onward look
like they're printed on the same line (with one or
more spaces where you'd expect newlines and it seems
like an increasing number of spaces as more lines
are printed) until they get to the right edge of
the screen, when they break to the next line.
I login and start X anyway and it works OK. The screen
appears more or less properly restored after exiting
X ("vidcontrol VGA_80x30" after login also does same).
This is on FreeBSD 2.1.0-R, PS/2 mouse; XFree86 3.1.2
SVGA server; WD90C24 video controller and 24M memory
in notebook.
Would appreciate any advice on what may be wrong and
how to fix it.
Thanks,
Mark Ng
mng@crl.com
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