VIDCONTROL – GRAPHICS DRIVER PROBLEM ON PCBSD 1.2

[sibu]

My System Configuration:

Pentium D processor 2.80GHZ 800 MHZ FSB 2 MB l2 cache with SATA 80 GB HD
Asus P5RD2-VM Board
SOCKET 775,ATIRC 410 (ATI RADEON Express 200)
ULI M1575 FSB 800, SATA SAMSUNG HD 80GB
BENQ DVD WRITER IDE TYPE
DDR2 512 MB RAM

OS : PCBSD-1.2 INSTALLED AND WORKING

System is working windows xp and everything is ok with this configuration.
( I used the mother board cd to install various drivers on windows xp)

PROBLEM 1: VIDCONTROL – GRAPHICS DRIVER PROBLEM

On alt f1 screen ie on ttyv1 and error message is there ie

Vidcontrol : cannot set videomode : Operation not supported by device.
Usage : vidcontrol [ various option here] …. background show

But I can work with my X-desktop ….

But changing of resolution is not possible

In windows xp on the same machine my display adapter is shown as ATI RADEON XPRESS 200 SERIES.


Sibu.N.L

[jdarnold]

Don't worry about the vidcontrol error. That just sets the video mode for the text consoles. I see that they removed it from the latest 1.3 installer, which I think was a good idea. You can just remove the "allscreens" line from the /etc/rc.conf file and you won't get the error.

To change resolutions, go to:

K Menu -> System -> Peripherals -> Display

and change it there. Be sure to check the box if you want it to stay that way.

[TerryP]

I had to comment out the all screens line in my rc.conf to get rid of a msg like that.