Date: Sun, 22 May 2005 18:39:12 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: Xin LI <delphij@frontfree.net> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org, delphij@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [CALL FOR TESTERS] VESA High Resolution Console support from DragonFly Message-ID: <20050523013912.0D9835D07@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 22 May 2005 19:26:12 %2B0800." <20050522112612.GA37841@frontfree.net>
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> Date: Sun, 22 May 2005 19:26:12 +0800 > From: Xin LI <delphij@frontfree.net> > Sender: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org > > Dear -CURRENT users, > > I would like to solicit a test of the following patchset which is based > on DragonFly's changes, against -CURRENT, to bring high resolution console > support to FreeBSD. The current patchset can be considered as "BETA" and > I would commit it if there is no complain about this patchset in the next > week. > > The patchset can be found at: > http://people.freebsd.org/~delphij/vesa/patchset-highres.20050522 > > To use it, you will need latest -CURRENT code, and apply the patchset at > toplevel source tree, i.e. /usr/src for usual cases. Then you need to build > and reinstall your kernel, with 'options SC_PIXEL_MODE' compiled in, and > optionally options VESA if you don't want to manually load VESA support > module. A make buildworld/installworld is recommended, but I believe that > just rebuild/reinstall usr.sbin/vidcontrol is enough to get your hands on > the support for using something like 'vidcontrol MODE_239' or so, which will > switch the current console to that mode. Some mode may not work on certain > cards, though. > > Please let me know if anything strange happens; While I have been running > with the patch for a while, I would still be happy if you will report that > it works :-) > > Thanks in advance! > > Cheers, > -- > Xin LI <delphij frontfree net> http://www.delphij.net/ > See complete headers for GPG key and other information. I rebuilt my kernel and vidcontrol and tried it out. First, the good news is that 'vidcontrol -i mode' showed all of the graphics modes; about 60 of them! Now, the bad news: Setting the mode does not work. # vidcontrol MODE_387 vidcontrol: Setting video mode: Inappropriate ioctl for device or # vidcontrol MODE_281 vidcontrol: cannot activate raster mode: Inappropriate ioctl for device I'm running on an IBM T30 with Radeon M7 video and current as of Friday. Was there something other than te kernel and vidcontrol that I should have rebuilt? I did not rebuild my modules. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634
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