Re: syscons VTY switch panic...

2001-08-22 Thread Jim Bryant
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? > > >>Actuall

Re: syscons VTY switch panic...

2001-08-21 Thread Kazutaka YOKOTA
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 w

Re: syscons VTY switch panic...

2001-08-21 Thread Jim Bryant
Actually, I have tried to get the VESA splash thing going, but never can get anything 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 thing? Kazutaka YOKOTA wrote: > Do you by any ch

Re: syscons VTY switch panic...

2001-08-21 Thread Kazutaka YOKOTA
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 immed