supported vesa/vidcontrol modes for freebsd guest os?

Discussion in 'Parallels Desktop for Mac' started by tedbeta, Dec 22, 2006.

  1. tedbeta

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    Running FreeBSD 6 as a guest OS for Parallels for MAC (build 1970). Not using X or a windows manager in the install -- just basic console setup. Kernel is setup with VESA option.

    "vidcontrol -i mode" shows quite a few supported modes for the video adapter. Tried to set some of those modes. 2 examples:

    vidcontrol -g 100x37 VESA_800x600
    vidcontrol MODE_367

    Getting the following errors

    "cannot set videomode: operation not supported by device"
    "cannot activate raster display: operation not supported by device"

    Any idea how to change non-X console video modes in guest OS?

    Thx. JJ
     

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