Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 5 Jan 1999 04:39:44 -0500 (EST) | From | "D. Feuer" <> | Subject | Re: fbcon vs. text console |
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Brain malfunction. Do not understand. Please try again.
On Tue, 5 Jan 1999, Alan Cox wrote:
> > I still don't understand why I can't do runtime-switch between > > fbcon and text-console. I can switch between text-con and X, > > can't I? What makes this different? > > You can do such a switch if your console modules support it. You can't do > it with vesafb as the last change you have in vesafb to switch mode is > before the kernel enters protected mode > > Alan > >
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