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SubjectRe: fbcon vs. text console
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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