#include <hallo.h> * Len Sorensen [Thu, Oct 31 2002, 10:59:13AM]: > > 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?
I got complaints from different people, allways SiS and a friend of mine has a such beast where I could play around with. > > 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 Yes, please look in the language list some lines below. > multibyte support I didn't even know that the console could support > that. bterm is used, an UTF-8 terminal emulator runnin on top of the framebuffer. > Could the boot menu pages at least tell people about the option to > disable the framebuffer if they get a blank screen? IIRC they do. Well, we could make it more precise, since a newbie would not associate "framebuffer" with "screen failure". Gruss/Regards, Eduard -- Betriebsysteme kommen und gehen, aber nur Unix ist seit Anfang an dabei. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
