Re: framebuffer mode?

[andrej hocevar <ah@siol.net>]

On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 05:33:47PM +0100, Eduard Bloch wrote:
> With LCDs, you can specify vga=317 with the bf2.4 kernel to get 1024x768
> resolution for the installation.
I compile my own kernels. But the problem was that it wasn't sharp.
The resolution was no problem, I've tried many different ones,
starting from vga=ask.

> Really? IIRC this only works in X, since w3m-img blits the images into
> the X' video buffer.
Look at the thread "Extirpating framebuffer" this August, where
Colin Watson showed how it works in the console too if you get it
from unstable. 

	andrej

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