Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 18 Dec 1998 18:25:43 -0600 (CST) | From | Phil Brutsche <> | Subject | Re: fbdev and S3 chips |
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On Fri, 18 Dec 1998, Antonio M. Trindade wrote:
> Just another related question: is it possible to load some kind of VESA > 2.0 BIOS drivers like Scitech Display Doctor for DOS and then load Linux > through Loadlin and work with the vesafb driver? Yes, it is possible - S3 has available on their web site a program called s3vbe20.exe that will load a VESA 2.0 BIOS onto the card - works like a charm on my S3 Virge. I've used it successfully with the vesafb driver+loadlin.
I can send you the .zip archive if you can't find it.
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