From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 12 13: 7:33 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from finch-post-10.mail.demon.net (finch-post-10.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 024B014D5E for ; Mon, 12 Apr 1999 13:07:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marko@uk.radan.com) Received: from [158.152.75.22] (helo=uk.radan.com) by finch-post-10.mail.demon.net with smtp (Exim 2.12 #1) id 10Wmx5-0000Td-0A; Mon, 12 Apr 1999 20:05:04 +0000 Organisation: Radan Computational Ltd., Bath, UK. Phone: +44-1225-320320 Fax: +44-1225-320311 Received: from marder-1. (rasnt-1 [193.114.228.211]) by uk.radan.com (8.6.10/8.6.10) with ESMTP id VAA04343; Mon, 12 Apr 1999 21:03:56 +0100 Received: (from marko@localhost) by marder-1. (8.9.2/8.8.8) id VAA00377; Mon, 12 Apr 1999 21:00:25 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from marko) Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 21:00:24 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: Michael Searle Cc: Khetan Gajjar , questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: splashscreens Message-ID: <19990412210024.B250@marder-1.localhost> References: <19990411111937.C257@marder-1.localhost> <19990411170902.B257@marder-1.localhost> <19990412022601.37399@demon.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: <19990412022601.37399@demon.co.uk>; from Michael Searle on Mon, Apr 12, 1999 at 02:26:01AM +0100 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Apr 12, 1999 at 02:26:01AM +0100, Michael Searle wrote: > On Sun, Apr 11, 1999 at 05:09:02PM +0100, Mark Ovens wrote: > > On Sun, Apr 11, 1999 at 12:26:46PM +0200, Khetan Gajjar wrote: > > > On Sun, 11 Apr 1999, Mark Ovens wrote: > > > > > > >What exactly do you mean by "loading the kernel module to use a > > > >high res bitmap"? > > > > > > I meant to load the vesa kld, which I see you've already done. > > > > > > If you're doing that, then I have no idea. I'm using -current, > > > so it could be something fixed in that. > > > > > > > I think it (also) depends on the graphics card. I know I get errors > > about the required graphics mode not available for some DOS programs > > and the card comes with a DOS TSR program which allows VESA modes > > to be used (I've never bothered installing it though, and it would > > be no use under FreeBSD anyway). > > > > I guess some modern graphics cards just don't support VESA display > > modes without a driver these days (coz everyone uses Windows). > > > > AFAIK everything supports at least some VESA modes. There's enough > DOS software still in use that it has to. (even DOS software still > being written... blech.) Using lower resolutions is not likely to > help though, as it is more often these that are missing. (320x200 > will work on anything of course, I mean 320x240,400x300, 512x384.) > The most usual ones are the medium resolutions - 640x400, 640x480, > 800x600,1024x768. It should give them in the card's manual though. > Well, as I said, the Xpert@Work seems to need a DOS TSR to enable VESA modes so that would satisfy DOS requirements, but they're just not available without this driver. When I get time I'll check ATI's website, see if there's any programming info. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov _______________________________________________________________ Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message