Re: any pages listing text mode resolutions of video cards?
On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 12:26:33AM -0500, Daniel B. wrote:
> Kelly Clowers wrote:
> >On Nov 12, 2007 7:24 AM, Daniel B. <dsb@smart.net> wrote:
> >>Kelly Clowers wrote:
> >>>On Nov 11, 2007 7:46 PM, Daniel B. <dsb@smart.net> wrote:
> >>>>I've been having trouble finding out the text-mode resolutions of
> >>>>video cards. Does anyone know of a good compilation of that
> >>>>information?
> >>>Here is a list of modes:
> >>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VESA_BIOS_Extensions#Linux_video_mode_numbers
> >>>
> >>>I think any card that supports VESA probably has to support
> >>>1280x1024 and 24 bits (see the table higher up on that page)
> >>Actually, I was talking about text-mode resolutions (as I wrote
> >>above), not graphics-mode resolutions.
> >
> >Ok, I found it in that Wikipedia article:
> >
> >Modes 264-268 (vesa's numbers, not the kernel's) are text modes.
> >264 (0108h) is 80x60, 265 (0109h) is 132x25
> >266 (010Ah) is 132x43, 267 (010Bh) is 132x50
> >268 (010Ch) is 132x60.
>
>
> Actually, what I meant was the text-mode resolutions supported by
> specific video cards. That is, information usable to choose which
> card to get. My old card did 132x60. My new card did 132x44. In
> case I buy a new card, I want to know which modes a given card
> supports. I haven't been able to find that information. (I haven't
> found any compilation for multiple cards; the manufacturer's page
> for my new card doesn't mention the text modes.)
>
So to be clear, you are specifically __not__ wanting to use a
framebuffer which uses graphic mode and is therefore slower.
Doug.
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