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. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Kelly Clowers wrote: > >>>On Nov 11, 2007 7:46 PM, Daniel B. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
