On Thu, Oct 31, 2002 at 04:53:51PM +0100, Eduard Bloch wrote: > #include <hallo.h> > * Len Sorensen [Thu, Oct 31 2002, 10:10:42AM]: > > > panel for it's display (at least on an SiS based system, and on my IBM > > 560X thinkpad, and a few others I have talked to people using). > > SIS? The TLA for Shit In System?
I hate it too. > Sorry, but AFAIK are SIS users the only group whinning about VGA16. It > seems that this shared memory controller does not manage plain VGA mode > correctly. And the display on the thinkpad 560x? And some other laptop uses? > > imagine any i386 machine that plain text mode would not work on. I > > suggest the next boot-floppies for woody have this driver disabled by > > default (could be as simple as setting the above setting installer's > > I guess you do not see any benefit from using framebuffer, correct? > Well, many people that need more than 8bit-character-screen have a > different opinion. During the install? Hmm, so you need the framebuffer to do multibyte languages? If so, then I accept the purpose. Having never needed multibyte support I didn't even know that the console could support that. Could the boot menu pages at least tell people about the option to disable the framebuffer if they get a blank screen? Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
