Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 18 Aug 1998 16:29:51 -0700 (PDT) | From | "Jon M. Taylor" <> | Subject | Re: kill -9 <pid of X> |
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On Wed, 19 Aug 1998, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Aug 1998, Jon M. Taylor wrote: > > On Wed, 19 Aug 1998, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > > On Tue, 18 Aug 1998, Jon M. Taylor wrote: > > > > On Mon, 17 Aug 1998, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > > > > > > > > > So when is someone gonna write a simple basic VGA frame buffer device, that > > > > > does stupid VGA modes (max. 320x256 in 8bpp, 640x480 in 4bpp) only? > > > > > > > > isn't this what vgafb did? > > > > > > Vgafb is VGA _text_ only. > > > > ??? Now I am really confused. So what is the difference between vgafb > > and vgacon? > > Vgacon is an abstract console driver, vgafb is a frame buffer device. Vgacon is > on the same level as fbcon, while vgafb runs under fbcon.
Ah, I see. Is vgacon the old (pre-fbcon) VGA console system?
Jon
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