Re: svgatextmode and ATI rage 128 video cards
On Mon, Mar 18, 2002 at 12:28:25AM +0100, Hans Ekbrand wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 17, 2002 at 04:11:15PM -0600, Curt Daugaard wrote:
> > Has anyone on the list had any luck in configuring svgatextmode with
> > a video cards in the ATI Rage 128 series? I recently changed from
> > an S3 card to the 128 Pro but can't figure out what settings to use
> > now. I'd hate to part with the higher resolutions. (I can't find
> > anything decent in the alternate kernel video modes.)
>
> What do you mean by the last sentence? With frambuffers you have
> complete controll over the video modes. See the section:
>
> "6. Converting XFree86 timing values info frame buffer device timings"
>
> in /usr/src/kernel-source<x.y.z>/Documentation/fb/framebuffers.txt
Sorry I wasn't clearer. I don't want to give up accelerated video
under X which I would have to do if I go the fb route, as I
understand it. But maybe I'm missing something.
>
> --
> Note that I use Debian version 3.0
> Linux emac140 2.4.17 #1 s?n feb 10 20:21:22 CET 2002 i686 unknown
>
> Hans Ekbrand
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