Joseph Jacobson wrote:
VESA is compiled into the kernel. I don't have a /boot/loader.conf
file. Is there any other way for the VESA module to be loaded at boot,
before /etc/rc runs? Also, none of the vidcontrol VESA modes work for
me. (All this isn't a big deal, but the error message is
Sorry for the late reply on this.
Ok, cvsup'ed and loaded the most up-to-date bios for my motherboard.
(That was tale of woe, but I'll hold off on that telling).
Joseph Jacobson wrote:
Kernel option VESA fails (see dmesg below). Is this a problem with my
graphics card?
Are you, by
VESA is compiled into the kernel. I don't have a /boot/loader.conf
file. Is there any other way for the VESA module to be loaded at boot,
before /etc/rc runs? Also, none of the vidcontrol VESA modes work for
me. (All this isn't a big deal, but the error message is weird).
...
Kenneth Wayne Culver wrote:
Weird. Are you sure your BIOS is set to PnP OS = No?
heh, when I set this option to "no" in my bios... -CURRENT won't even
finish probing the hardware... it just hangs in the boot-probe messages.
Well, that's a problem to be tracked.
FreeBSD _does not_
Joseph Jacobson wrote:
Kernel option VESA fails (see dmesg below). Is this a problem with my
graphics card?
Are you, by any chance, both compiling in VESA _and_ loading it with
loader?
Kernel option PNPBIOS causes the mouse to stop working. A pointer is
visible at boot (w/ moused) until
Weird. Are you sure your BIOS is set to PnP OS = No?
heh, when I set this option to "no" in my bios... -CURRENT won't even
finish probing the hardware... it just hangs in the boot-probe messages.
You know, if you included some more details this might even be a useful
bug report.
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On Wed, Mar 01, 2000 at 01:28:58 -0500, Joseph Jacobson wrote:
Just wanted to share some things/small problems I've noticed on my box
w/ 4.0-CURRENT and find out if these were bugs or problems w/ my stuff.
4.0 has been working great for me otherwise.
