Ok, I agree you can switch in (modprobe) but how do you switch out? /* Quoth Michael L Torrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Wed, 14 Jan 2004 at 08:15 -0700 in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> */
> On Wed, 2004-01-14 at 06:29, Hans Fugal wrote: > > You have to boot into it, there's no switching in or out of it. For the > > record some framebuffer drivers interfere with the X drivers for that > > card, e.g. the nv framebuffer driver and the nvidia X drivers from > > nvidia. > > Actually, no. You can switch in and out of it. You'll still have > problems with the X drivers from nvidia, though, even if you load the > framebuffer module and then unload it. > > Basically the frame buffer drivers are in /lib/modules somewhere. They > have names like: neofb, radeonfb, rivafb, etc. Just modprobe it to get > into frame buffer mode for your card. > > Michael > > > > > > /* Quoth Grant Farnsworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > on Tue, 13 Jan 2004 at 18:37 -0700 > > in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> */ > > > > > Well, I guess I was just using the wrong number for the vga= thing. It's > > > working now, but do you really have to boot using framebuffer mode or can you > > > just switch to it? > > > > > > ____________________ > > > BYU Unix Users Group > > > http://uug.byu.edu/ > > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > > List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list > > > > -- > Michael L Torrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > ____________________ > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list > -- .O. Hans Fugal | De gustibus non disputandum est. ..O http://hans.fugal.net | Debian, vim, mutt, ruby, text, gpg OOO | WindowMaker, gaim, UTF-8, RISC, JS Bach --------------------------------------------------------------------- GnuPG Fingerprint: 6940 87C5 6610 567F 1E95 CB5E FC98 E8CD E0AA D460
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