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Date:      Thu, 23 Aug 2001 01:25:01 -0500
From:      Jim Bryant <kc5vdj@yahoo.com>
To:        Kazutaka YOKOTA <yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: syscons VTY switch panic...
Message-ID:  <3B84A1BD.7040202@yahoo.com>
References:  <3B820F12.7050209@yahoo.com> <200108220350.MAA03898@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp>	  <3B83384E.1010604@yahoo.com> <200108220520.OAA04225@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp>

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This seems to solve the problem.  Thank you.

How soon before VESA will be stable?  I do prefer a 132x60 text-mode console...

Kazutaka YOKOTA wrote:

> Would you please remove the vesa driver from the kernel and 
> do not try loading the vesa module either, and see if things work?
> 
> 
>>Actually, I have tried to get the VESA splash thing going, but never can get a
>>nything to display...  I can try removing that...  I 
>>believe it is still set up this way...
>>
>>What are the limitations on image size and color-depth for the boot splash thi
>>ng?
>>
> 
> The image must have 256 colors. Its size must be 1024x768 or smaller.
> If you don't have the vesa support in the kernel, the maximum size is
> 320x200.
> 
> Kazu
> 
> 
>>Kazutaka YOKOTA wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Do you by any chance use a VESA mode in text vtys?
>>>
>>>The vesa module in -CURRENT has problems now. If you try to
>>>set the VESA_800x600 mode in syscons, you will likely to
>>>hang your machine. This is a known problem, and is somewhat
>>>related to vm86 and context switching.  I am afraid there is
>>>no immediate fix for it.
>>>
>>>Kazu
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>I am getting this with regularity now.
>>>>
>>>>The one time I was available to see the panic, I forgot to go into the debug
>>>>
>>ge
>>
>>>>r and do a traceback, but it had something to do with 
>>>>a mwrite, and had a line concerning [maybe a buffer is....?]...
>>>>
>>>>I know this isn't much to go on, but that's what I have.  I'll get more info
>>>>
>>w
>>
>>>>hen I feel like wasting ten or fifteen minutes for a 
>>>>double-reboot...  [is it necessary to do the `shutdown -r now` to write a ne
>>>>
>>w 
>>
>>>>entropy, or can we just keep going if it boots without 
>>>>the proper entropy?]...
>>>>
>>>>I have pretty much isolated this to VTY switching via syscons.  Occasionally
>>>>
>>, 
>>
>>>>it will leave the system speaker in a constant tone 
>>>>until it reboots.  This is very noticable then X exits.

jim
-- 
ET has one helluva sense of humor!
He's always anal-probing right-wing schizos!


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