From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 13:02:32 +0200 From: tlaronde@polynum.com To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Message-ID: <20121017110232.GA837@polynum.com> References: <20121014130956.GA563@polynum.com> <7430ebb32d753b51abc765650a489b40@brasstown.quanstro.net> <507E3ADB.2040103@gmail.com> <20121017105018.GA500@polynum.com> <9d477154bbd1081f1be27eadc0f2c1e2@brasstown.quanstro.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <9d477154bbd1081f1be27eadc0f2c1e2@brasstown.quanstro.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Subject: Re: [9fans] 16:9 display and freeze Topicbox-Message-UUID: be3d8c06-ead7-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 06:53:17AM -0400, erik quanstrom wrote: > > i would recommend using aux/realemu. it provides a measure of safety > when doing mode setting. it could be that the vesa bios does go off > into the woods when it detects a 16:9 monitor. the vesa bios has access > to this information through the edid sideband communication, which > is available on almost every video interconnect, including vga. Thank you. I will try to investigate. -- Thierry Laronde http://www.kergis.com/ Key fingerprint = 0FF7 E906 FBAF FE95 FD89 250D 52B1 AE95 6006 F40C