From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
From: Matt Senecal <msenecal@inri.com>
Message-ID: <9rbqmn$3js$1@newpoisson.nosc.mil>
References: <20011026113426.2838D199E4@mail.cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] Where is vgactl?
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 14:06:18 +0000
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Thank you! :)

<forsyth@vitanuova.com> wrote in message
news:20011026113426.2838D199E4@mail.cse.psu.edu...
> it isn't bound automatically so you need
> bind -b '#v' /dev
> to make it appear in /dev, or use
> echo -n 'size 800x600x8' >'#v/vgactl'
>
> that's probably still not what you intend, because VGA being what it is,
> a host of major and minor register values need to be adjusted in most
cases,
> in a device-dependent way.  use aux/vga, described by vga(8).
> read the manual page first, though.  aux/vga eventually sets the
> using vgactl, but sets all those registers first, if it can.
> it needs to be done outside rio.