Re: Bootloader and screen modes

On Sun, 9 Jun 2002, Peter Bell wrote:

> What is strange here is that I use an AKF60, which *is* capable of
> running at 1024x768 and, indeed, does so at the RO desktop.
> Unfortunately the monitor is not capable of syncing with the NetBSD
> 'interpretation' of 1024x768, even when I have given it the correct
> mdf.  So what happens is that the bootloader screen (with the green
> border) is perfectly okay at 1024x768, but as soon as the kernel is
> booted the display becomes garbled.  This is true both of the install
> kernel and the full kernel from sets.  I have reverted to 800x600,
> which works perfectly well.

Hmm. There's a monitor definition file compiled into the kernel, or at
least some mode definitions are. It appears to default to "Taxan875+LR".

Try uncommenting the AKF60 line and recompiling the kernel.. see if that
makes a difference.

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