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SubjectRe: Framebuffer problem with 2.1.112-devfs-47
On Fri, 31 Jul 1998, Mark 'segfault' Guzman wrote:
> why the removal? works fine for me in 80x30, w/ scrollback

[...]

> > > > 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

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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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