Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 3 Nov 2000 15:14:20 +0100 (CET) | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> | Subject | Re: [linux-fbdev] [PATCH] fbcon->vgacon->fbcon |
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On Thu, 2 Nov 2000, James Simmons wrote: > > Matroxfb does not switch hardware to VGA mode on exit. Try doing > > 'fbset -depth 0 -a' before quitting from matroxfb. > > I know. I wanted for vgacon to reset the video mode itself. This way ANY > fbdev driver can go back top vgacon.
That won't be possible because returning to VGA text mode is chip-specific.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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