* Kevin Traas (kevin@netmaster.com) wrote: > Ashley Clark wrote: > > Depends (I think), if you are using the vesafb then you are stuck with > > whatever mode you choose at boot-up, if you are using one of the other > > framebuffer drivers I *think* it is just a matter of picking the right > > mode number to switch to a 80x25 mode whether it be graphics or text, > > but it will still be through the framebuffer. You should know that I > > have only a limited amount of experience with Linux framebuffers on my > > laptop using vesafb. > > Hi Ashley. Thanks for the reply. > > I'm using vga16fb to make it generic to several system platforms - > regardless of the video card within the system. Haven't had any experience with that one. > I'd sort of figured that fbset was the way to go, and I even found some > of the info I was looking for in the matroxfb docs (by chance and > desperation). However, I haven't been able to find modes that work with > the vga16fb. Back to, "Use the source, Luke!" thing, I think. I'm not sure if you know this already or not but there's a package, videogen, I think, that will generate fbset modelines. That might be helpful in generating them, it takes all the relevant info and spits out modelines for resolutions you define, pretty straightforward. > The docs on this stuff is pretty sketchy and not all too comprehensive > or friendly. I'll give you that, I was extremely lucky to have mine work, but vesafb is much easier to set up, if you have the hardware. > Have you used fbset much? Not really... -- Ashley Clark
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