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?
>
>
>>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 way...
>>
>>What are the limitations on image size and color-depth for the boot splash thi
>>ng?
>>
>
> The image must have 256 colors. Its size must be 1024x768 or smaller.
> If you don't have the vesa support in the kernel, the maximum size is
> 320x200.
>
> Kazu
>
>
>>Kazutaka YOKOTA wrote:
>>
>>
>>>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 immediate fix for it.
>>>
>>>Kazu
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>I am getting this with regularity now.
>>>>
>>>>The one time I was available to see the panic, I forgot to go into the debug
>>>>
>>ge
>>
>>>>r and do a traceback, but it had something to do with
>>>>a mwrite, and had a line concerning [maybe a buffer is....?]...
>>>>
>>>>I know this isn't much to go on, but that's what I have. I'll get more info
>>>>
>>w
>>
>>>>hen I feel like wasting ten or fifteen minutes for a
>>>>double-reboot... [is it necessary to do the `shutdown -r now` to write a ne
>>>>
>>w
>>
>>>>entropy, or can we just keep going if it boots without
>>>>the proper entropy?]...
>>>>
>>>>I have pretty much isolated this to VTY switching via syscons. Occasionally
>>>>
>>,
>>
>>>>it will leave the system speaker in a constant tone
>>>>until it reboots. This is very noticable then X exits.
jim
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