Re: SVGATextMode?
On Fri, 29 Jan 1999, Martin Lucina wrote:
> > What about using the frame buffer support in the latest 2.2.0
> > kernel... Although I'm not the authority on the matter but from what I've
> > read it seems this looks like the replacement for SVGATextMode...
>
> It is. If you are using a VGA card that supports the VESA 2.0 standard, you
> can compile in VESA framebuffer support and you should be able to use fbset
> to setup your screen mode. Don't waste your time with SVGATextMode, the
> framebuffer drivers is the way to go (or GGI, if you are so inclined).
You cannot use fbset for changing the video mode with vesafb. Vesafb supports
only one video mode, the one you select at boot time, before the kernel is
started.
> My problem is that I have a TGA card and the TGA framebuffer driver doesn't
> support multiple resolutions. I need to use a fixed frequency monitor with
> my Alpha box and it can only do 1280x1024. Is someone working on this? If
> not, I may be able to find the time to read the TGA programmers manual and
> implement this.
tzeruch@ceddec.com is working on it.
Greetings,
Geert
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Geert Uytterhoeven Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be
Wavelets, Linux/{m68k~Amiga,PPC~CHRP} http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~geert/
Department of Computer Science -- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven -- Belgium
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