On Thu, Apr 08, 2004 at 09:55:20AM +0200, Fr?d?ric Dreier wrote:
That's to be expected. It's the framebuffer. It exists because it works better for some people.
Actually I though it was the way to get an higher resolution console. not really a 'must' but console looks better :-)
svgatextmode is the way to get a higher resolution console.
framebuffer is there to support consoles on architectures which don't have text mode support. Linus himself doesn't like it but unfortunately some architectures need it.
Double unfortunately the author of svgatextmode has given up maintaining it because framebuffer exists, so it doesn't support a lot of modern video cards, including Radeons. I keep telling myself that I'll get round to hacking it one day. Difficult, because it involves wading through loads of X source code trying to figure out how to program a Radeon. I'm just grateful to ATI that the source code is available.
I'd help. It really is a great tool, cannot do without it.
But... it supports my TNT2, not my MX-440. So... I have to run Backstreet Ruby's X0 on the TNT2 to be able to use svgatextmode, you get a blank screen and a blinking led green power light on the MX-440.
I far prefer svgatextmode to framebuffer: it is just much simpler.
Let's hack it. Then I can get off TNT2's...
Hugo
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