[ILUG] FreeBSD 4.4

[Feargal Reilly]

Include 'options VESA' in your kernal configuration by the looks of it.

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On Thu, 22 Nov 2001 16:37:08 +0000, "Jason Corcoran." <corcoranj at logica.com> wrote:

> 
> Dose anybody here use FreeBSD 4.4 ?
> 
> 
> I just wondering if you can use VESA framebuffer devices under this release, 
> AFAIK you couldn't under 4.2, and I which to install it on a laptop not 
> currently supported by XFree (SiS630).
> 
> If it is, is it a kernel recompile or what? I have looked through google and 
> some Free BSD sites and they just answer with Yes it dose, but do not explian 
> how to get it to work.
> 
> Thanks
> Jason
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