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Re: svgatextmode fails with 2.1.108



On Sat, Jul 04, 1998 at 01:23:27PM +0000, peloy@ven.ra.rockwell.com wrote:
> I wouldn't worry too much about VGA-related stuff not working in
> 2.1.107 and 2.1.108. The VGA Console is completely broken in these two
> kernels. Shift-PgUp/PgDn does not work and God knows what else is
> broken. As far as I know a fix has not been provided yet, not even in
> the kernel mailing list.

The fbcon stuff broke the kernel when it was merged.  They'll hash it out in
a few releases.  The good news is that when they do GGI will be able to run
without recompiling a kernel for it.  In theory.

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