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SubjectRe: Mono monitor support?
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dave@nic.com said:
> Hi all. I'm using 2.0.30-pre10, and wondered if there is any support
> for adding a Hercules mono card, and mono monitor.

> I remember back at 1.x there was a patch, but it seemed to stop being
> developed..

It's on sunsite, but it's also at
ftp://dwmw2.robinson.cam.ac.uk/pub/kernel/mda-0.11.tar.gz

You can only redirect output to it (/dev/mono) but I'm working on a driver
which will allow you to use a PS/2 keyboard in the mouse port, to give the mono
screen a matching keyboard. Any more than that and you're asking for GGI,
really.

There's a patch included for 2.1.x which allows the MDA screen to be registered
as a console device, so that oops messages etc. will appear on it. Very useful
if you're running an X server when your machine dies.

I have had getty running on the mono screen, with tty1-3 on the VGA and 4-6
on the mono. If you want that, go for GGI.


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