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

[Mayuresh <mayuresh%acm.org@localhost>]

On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 11:14:13AM +0000, atomicules wrote:
> >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

Setting that did not work for me. May be your machine shows vesa list on
boot prompt as well.

Mayuresh.