Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 15:40:29 +0100 (CET) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> To: freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: VESA/SC_PIXEL_MODE in amd64 kernel Message-ID: <200602141440.k1EEeTTX064013@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <200602141420.14987.ashley.moran@codeweavers.net>
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Ashley Moran <ashley.moran@codeweavers.net> wrote: > Does anyone know why VESA is missing from the amd64 kernel options? Because FreeBSD/amd64 cannot perform calls to the VESA BIOS functions (which are 32bit i386 code, not amd64). If you need higher resolution than 80x25 on the console, I recommend you use Xorg. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing Dienstleistungen mit Schwerpunkt FreeBSD: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd Any opinions expressed in this message may be personal to the author and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of secnetix in any way. $ dd if=/dev/urandom of=test.pl count=1 $ file test.pl test.pl: perl script text executable
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