On Fri, Jun 02, 2000 at 11:20:11AM -0500, A. Scott White wrote: > Jo wrote: > > A full screen console (no X), is that what you want? > > If so check out framebuffer. There is an HOWTO on it. > > Jo > > I want to use a different vga text mode (like 80x50) on my terminal. I do > not like to use X Windows, it is too slow. I prefer to use the standard, > text based terminal. I want, however, to be able to see more text on the > screen at one time. > > What is framebuffer?
Framebuffer is a kernel thing that *may* allow you to run high resolution consoles. I use 1024x768x32bpp ... pretty nice. Plus you get a groovy penguin image at boot-up! Available in 2.2 kernels for x86 machines. See <kernel source>/Documentation/fb/*.txt. Framebuffer != X, though there is an unaccellerated X server with a Framebuffer target (XF86_FBDEV) -- suboptimal if svga or other will give you accelleeration. -- ¶ One·should·only·use·the·ASCII·characterset·when·compos » ing·email·messages.
