Re: Inspiron 7500 vs x.org server

From: Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH <allbery_at_ece.cmu.edu>
Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 16:16:46 -0500
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.

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brandon s. allbery   [linux,solaris,freebsd,perl]      allbery_at_kf8nh.com
system administrator      [WAY too many hats]        allbery_at_ece.cmu.edu
electrical and computer engineering, carnegie mellon univ.         KF8NH
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