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Re: Howto safely use SVGATextMode on recent laptops ?



Il giorno lun, 08/05/2006 alle 18.49 -0400, B Thomas ha scritto:
> Hi,
> 
> Is it safe to use SVGATextMode on new laptops. I worry
> since SVGATextMode is no longer being developed and so
> does not support recent card (such as mine = ATI Radeon
> x1400). Is it possible to configure TextConfig so that
> it can provide a nice mode beyond what plain "VGA" has 
> to offer, on such unsupported cards ? How does one
> do this ?
> 
> I have read the docs, which don't say much about unsupported
> cards though they indicate that it is possible to use them
> if one provides informations about Clock Chip and such !!
> 
> regards
> b thomas

I do not use SVGATextMode any more, enable the framebuffer if you like a
better control on console output fonts.

Bye
Stefano

-- 
Stefano Canepa aka sc: sc@linux.it  http://www.stefanocanepa.it
Three great virtues of a programmer: laziness, impatience and hubris.
Le tre grandi virtù di un programmatore: pigrizia, impazienza e
arroganza. (Larry Wall)

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