[SeaBIOS] [RFC PATCH] VGA BIOS init fails if first mode used is graphical

[Fred .]

Can SeaBIOS init to a high resolution video mode such as 1920x1200?


On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 3:24 AM, Kevin O'Connor <kevin at koconnor.net> wrote:

> On Fri, Feb 08, 2013 at 03:19:19PM +0000, David Woodhouse wrote:
> > On Fri, 2013-02-08 at 15:06 +0000, David Woodhouse wrote:
> > > When booting with OVMF+CSM, the first video mode that we ask for is
> mode
> > > 0x143. This doesn't seem to work; the qemu display window doesn't
> change
> > > size, and remains blank.
> > >
> > > If the first thing we ask for is a *text* mode, then things work fine.
> > > This is arguably a bug, but I'm not about to go chasing it.
> >
> > I should know never to say things like that; if I'm offended by
> > something it's almost always a lie to say that I won't actually go and
> > hunt it down. This patch is more minimal and highlights the actual
> > problem. Not sure what *else* is missing...
>
> Thanks.  The patch looks fine to me.  However, "-vga std" has stopped
> working for me (both before and after your patch) and I still need to
> track that down.
>
> -Kevin
>
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