Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Fixes for vgafb on 2.1.107 | Date | Sun, 28 Jun 1998 14:45:32 -0500 | From | Horst von Brand <> |
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Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be> said: > After a lot of work, I found out what was wrong with vgafb in 2.1.107. The > strange thing was that it does work in the vger tree...
Works fine now here. i586 UP, egcs-19980621, binutils-2.9.1.0.6. Thanks!
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> Suggestions to make life easier with 2.1.107: > > - Use frame buffer devices and vgafb (until vgacon is sped up). Vgafb > scrolls much faster because it uses panning.
True enough. I used to be able to see the scrolling in "ls ~" (much random junk ;-); not anymore.
> You have to turn on the experimental switch for this, but don't we all do > this for a _development_ kernel? :-)
You can actually turn it off?! ;-)
> P.S. Expect a lot of other patches soon.
I'll be here, don't worry. -- Horst von Brand vonbrand@sleipnir.valparaiso.cl Casilla 9G, Viña del Mar, Chile +56 32 672616
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