Re: Why don't I get vesa command at boot prompt [Was NetBSD for the dekstop]

[atomicules <base%atomicules.co.uk@localhost>]

Hi Mayuresh,

On 21-Feb-2015 16:36:22, Mayuresh wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 01:35:38PM +0000, atomicules wrote:
> > bothering with X and just using the framebuffer thanks to mlterm-fb;
>
> I'd like to try out framebuffer. I went to boot prompt to list vesa modes,
> though "vesa list" doesn't work there. Help menu does not show vesa
> command.
>
> This is 6.1 GENERIC kernel on i386.
>
> Tried this on a fairly recent Dell laptop. So I don't think it would be a
> matter of lack of VBE support.

I don't know about listing modes, I just put "vesa 1024x768x32" (the native resolution of this laptop) into my /boot.cfg, i.e like so:

   menu=Boot big:vesa 1024x768x32;rndseed /var/db/entropy-file;boot netbsd
   menu=Boot normally:rndseed /var/db/entropy-file;boot netbsd

This is i386 as well.