Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 1 Apr 1998 10:21:55 +0200 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: Kernel videocard support YES or NO? |
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Hi!
> > > * There is already fbcon for other (non-PC) architectures. > > > > don't know very less about `other architectures' except a bit > > on DEC AXP. and here X11 works fine right now and AFAIK > > fbcon is no real problem running XFree86 (is it? don't know > > too much here...) > > On machines with VGA text mode, `fbcon' uses `vgacon'[*], a VGA text (80x25) > mode driver on top of the abstract console driver. Since the user space > abstraction doesn't change, X keeps on working like it did before.
Ok, question: Is there way to enable fbcon on i386 architecture? Its config in is not including and I'm feeling assumption that I should not do that...
Pavel
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