From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jun 12 17:12:50 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mta02-svc.server.ntlworld.com (mta02-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.42]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5639637BB0F for ; Mon, 12 Jun 2000 17:12:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org) Received: from parish.my.domain ([62.253.88.239]) by mta02-svc.server.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.02.27 201-229-119-110) with ESMTP id <20000613011219.WSSR10065.mta02-svc.server.ntlworld.com@parish.my.domain>; Tue, 13 Jun 2000 01:12:19 +0000 Received: (from mark@localhost) by parish.my.domain (8.9.3/8.9.3) id BAA01802; Tue, 13 Jun 2000 01:12:42 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mark) Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 01:12:42 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: carl Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: console reso. Message-ID: <20000613011242.B233@parish> References: <4.3.1.1.20000612152727.00a6e570@pop3.concentric.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <4.3.1.1.20000612152727.00a6e570@pop3.concentric.net>; from statik@cris.com on Mon, Jun 12, 2000 at 03:31:48PM -0700 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Jun 12, 2000 at 03:31:48PM -0700, carl wrote: > I recently tried to get a 800x600 resolution console. As i read in the > manual page for vidcontrol i put in the SC_PIXEL_MODE options in my kernel, > i then config'd,installed, and reboted. The manual page then said to do > " vidcontrol VESA_800x600 " ..after doing this command i got an error msg > stating > it could not raster device, operation not supported by device. I have a > stb nvidae velocity 128 agp card, in xwin my resolution is just fine at > 1024x768 so i know it isnt a hardware problem. Oh yes it is. Well not exactly a *problem*. In order to run VESA modes on the *console* your card needs the VBE (VESA BIOS Extensions) to be on-chip. ATI cards don't have this, you have to run a DOS TSR program which of cause you can't do under FreeBSD. Running 1024x768 in X is a different matter altogether. I too have an ATI card (Xpert@Work) and have the same "problem". HTH > please email back, thank > you a ton!!!!! > > Carl > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Want a lean, mean, computing machine? Get rid of that FAT - install FreeBSD ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message