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Re: console-'resolution' on sparc



On Mon, Jul 24, 2000 at 12:59:31AM +0200, Taco IJsselmuiden wrote:
> Hi There,
> 
> Is there a possibility using potato to change the 'resolution' of the
> text-console on a sparc ??
> on i386 it works using svgatextmode, but this doesn't seem to be available
> for the sparc ??

Sparc (and most other non-i386 systems) do not have a "text mode". It is a
framebuffer, and you can modify it with the fbset tool.

Ben

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