From: Tony Nugent (tony@growzone.com.au)
Date: Mon 26 Jun 2000 - 07:47:36 IDT
On Sun Jun 25 2000 at 12:30, Matan Ziv-Av 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"). > > Theoretically it should work now. Nice to hear... > I don't use fbright now, but I got some reports of svgalib interacting > well with fb. That is even better to hear! :-) Normally I would regard framebuffer text modes (with a Tux or two up there looking at you from the top of the screen) as cool but little more than a mere gimick - sort of like "it can be done, so why not do it". Now that I have inherited a nice little laptop, I'm now using it seriously... the stupid chipset on the card (trident cyber) simply refuses to be coerced into doing any VESA 132-column modes, and text modes occupy only 50% of the available screen. But with the framebuffer, not only do I get an opportunity to impress people by putting Tux on display, I can get a nice usable 128x48 screen with a font that covers the entire screen. Anyway, I can now feel much more confident in attempting to use svgalib applications from now on. Thanks. BTW, according to the documentation in the redhat 6.2 reference guide (which I have been browsing through recently), it seems that svgalib is on the "soon to be depreciated" list (probably to be put into the powertools collection as an "optional" package). Personally, I think that this is a misjudgement on their part... Cheers Tony -=*#*=-=*#*=-=*#*=-=*#*=-=*#*=-=*#*=-=*#*=-=*#*=-=*#*=-=*#*=-=*#*=- Tony Nugent <Tony@growzone.com.au> Systems Administrator, RHCE GrowZone OnLine (a project of) GrowZone Development Network POBox 475 Toowoomba Oueensland Australia 4350 Ph: 07 4637 8322 -=*#*=-=*#*=-=*#*=-=*#*=-=*#*=-=*#*=-=*#*=-=*#*=-=*#*=-=*#*=-=*#*=-
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