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