From: Johannes Zellner (johannes@zellner.org)
Date: Sun 25 Jun 2000 - 13:11:18 IDT
On Sun, 25 Jun 2000, Tony Nugent wrote: > I'm just wondering if svgalib is now, or will soon be, able to work > with framebuffer text modes (that are set using the kernel's > framebuffer device at bootup, eg, "vga="791"). > > Last time I tried using svgalib apps from framebuffered consoles, it > failed to restore the framebuffer mode (resulting in an > unrecoverable blank screen - fumbling around in the dark, doing > "startx" saved me from a potential hard reboot and at least gave me > a working user interface :) > > If not, then this is perhaps something that does need to be looked > at rather urgently... # /etc/vga/libvga.config chipset VESA # nicely behaved Vesa Bioses VesaText # Helps the VESA driver with text mode restoration The last line was necessary here, maybe it helps also in your case. -- Johannes
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