Re: SVGA kernel chipset drivers.

Ingo Molnar (mingo@kaliban.csoma.elte.hu)
Thu, 6 Jun 1996 09:20:15 -0400 (EDT)


On Wed, 5 Jun 1996, Albert Cahalan wrote:

> One problem with usermode graphics is the kernel oops while in
> graphics mode. If the problem is at all disk related, then you will
> never see the oops.

you can make "Oops" fall back to textmode (well if this fails then we are
in deep trouble :)

btw, using 2 videocards and 2 monitors can solve this problem. An el
cheapo Hercules card+monitor as textconsole, or 2 smarter PCI ones. (a
natural thing with GGI i guess)

but i would suggest to move this thread to "linux-ggi@eskimo.com"
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-- mingo