Re: Linux-2.1.109.. preliminary code freeze.

Jon M. Taylor (taylorj@ecs.csus.edu)
Fri, 17 Jul 1998 19:24:42 -0700 (PDT)


On Fri, 17 Jul 1998, Alan Cox wrote:

> > > o But mouse(gpm) can't move shifted area.
> > > o setfont no effect.
> >
> > Use vgacon, not vgafb.
>
> Reminds me - someone said they'd do a vga frame buffer (bitmapped mode) with 4bit
> colour etc -ie true VGA only but that the fonts didnt work. Is that code availble
> anywhere for me to go fix the font renderer

That was me, and I was referring to the 'kgicon' fbcon-on-KGI
drivers. kgicon is available as part of the current GGI source tree, via
CVS or daily snapshot.

Jon

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