Re: 2.1.107 frame buffer _badly_ broken
James Michael Mastros (root@jennifer-unix.dyn.ml.org)
Fri, 26 Jun 1998 20:26:53 -0400
On Fri, Jun 26, 1998 at 12:00:53 PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Jun 1998, Enrico Demarin wrote:
> > Same problem here, i have a S3 Trio64v2dx....
> > Compiled without framebuffer works but setfont is broken and no scrollback
> > buffer...
>
> Does it work with frame buffer support and vgafb instead of vesafb? Vgafb is a
> text-only frame buffer device and should work. Technically it's the same code
> as vgacon and the old VGA driver. It's main advantage over vgacon is that it's
> a frame buffer device, and that it's much faster.
Same here, with:
1) vesafb+vgafb
2) vesafb (/w video=vesafb:off)+vgafb
All vga=ask modes that I tried gave me black-on-black (with scrolling at 24,
BTW.)
-=- James Mastros
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