In my understanding the text mode support in video cards will be deprecated in the near future. Doesn't it has to be covered in GNU Mach, the Hurd and GRUB architectures asap? I suppose that this will have to be covered but isn't a primary matter, but, on the other hand, architectural support must be added. This way it will be less work in the future. As a side note I have the Hurd in working shape in my Dell CPi laptop, I am happy :) David Lázaro