Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 27 Jul 1998 17:24:37 +0200 | From | Martin Mares <> | Subject | Re: VGAfb scrolling and screenspace |
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> It seems that modes other than 80x25 using VGAfb are a bit screwy. I haven't > tried alternate modes without framebuffer devices. The problem is, in 80x34 > mode I only get to use 30 lines; the last 5 lines contain kernel debugging info > (it scrolled down right when the system booted) but hasn't been erased because I > can't scroll down to it (it scrols at the 30th line) > Plus, 132x43 mode was rather interesting--when the screen started to scroll, the > top of the screen shifted down a bit to the middle of the display, with a little > chunk of unused screenspace (similar to the 80x34 problem) and that top part of > the display, now at the middle, when it scrolls new characters come from the top > section of the display
Please don't use vgafb. Use vgacon instead.
Have a nice fortnight -- Martin `MJ' Mares <mj@ucw.cz> http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~mj/ Faculty of Math and Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Rep., Earth "My computer isn't that nervous, it's just a bit ANSI."
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