Re: Inspiron 7500 vs x.org server

From: Julian Elischer (julian_at_FreeBSD.ORG)
Date: 01/31/05

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    To: allbery@ece.cmu.edu, freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 01:35:58 +0000 (GMT)

    > On Sunday 20 Shvat 5765 15:56, Julian Elischer wrote:
    > > If anyone knows what the Linux "vga=793" or (whatever it is)
    > > kernel option does and whether there is somethign equivalent for freeBSD
    > > that would be interesting.

    > It's a VESA mode + 0x100, expressed in decimal. 793 = 0x319 =
    > 1280x1024x15bit.

    > If you can determine the actual video mode needed, it might be possible to use
    > vidcontrol to set it before running the server.

    The actual mode is 792.. what is that?

    > --
    > brandon s. allbery [linux,solaris,freebsd,perl] allbery@kf8nh.com
    > system administrator [WAY too many hats] allbery@ece.cmu.edu
    > electrical and computer engineering, carnegie mellon univ. KF8NH
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