Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 31 Jul 1998 11:22:47 +0200 (CEST) | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> | Subject | Re: Framebuffer problem with 2.1.112-devfs-47 |
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On Fri, 31 Jul 1998, Mark 'segfault' Guzman wrote: > why the removal? works fine for me in 80x30, w/ scrollback
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> > > > S3 803/805 VGA chipset. Haven't been able to use VESAfb though, although I > > > > think that's because it doesn't support VESA 2.0 extensions. > > > > > > Sounds like a FBcon problem rather than a devfs problem. Geert? > > > > Do not use vgafb, use vgacon. > > > > Vgafb will be removed soon.
Because of the confusion. Vgacon is full-featured, vgafb is more limited. But as long as you stay with 80x25 and the defaukt font, vgafb will work fine.
Greetings,
Geert
-- Geert Uytterhoeven Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be Wavelets, Linux/{m68k~Amiga,PPC~CHRP} http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~geert/ Department of Computer Science -- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven -- Belgium
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