Bug 282007 - Handbook 3.2.3: vidcontrol -i doesn't show any modes
Summary: Handbook 3.2.3: vidcontrol -i doesn't show any modes
Status: New
Alias: None
Product: Documentation
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Books & Articles (show other bugs)
Version: Latest
Hardware: amd64 Any
: --- Affects Many People
Assignee: freebsd-doc (Nobody)
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Reported: 2024-10-11 10:04 UTC by Guayaseal
Modified: 2024-10-16 05:20 UTC (History)
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Description Guayaseal 2024-10-11 10:04:09 UTC 
Created attachment 254155 [details]
Linux lspci

FreeBSD 14.1, fresh install on ThinkPad T400 (see attached hardware listing by Linux lspci). I'm trying to follow the Handbook 3.2.3:
# kldload vesa
# vidcontrol -i mode
for selecting other modes than 80x25. 
loading "vesa" fails. No modes are listed then. I guess that is an obsoleted solution and I should anything else?
Comment 1 Graham Perrin 2024-10-15 23:04:58 UTC 
<https://old.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1g3xfgc/-/ls0vjf5/>: 

> Are you booting using EFI? In this case, you may have to set the video 
> mode in the bootloader, either interactively or using /boot/loader.conf.
Comment 2 Guayaseal 2024-10-16 05:20:49 UTC 
It is a ThinkPad T400. There was no UEFI when it's been made ;-) BIOS/MBR