At 03:33 AM 24/10/2002, Sven Neumann wrote:
Hi,it also allows you to use the directfb savage driver, you cannot use the directfb savage driver with the vesa framebuffer driver.
"Henric Andersson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > > I've been trying to get the S3 driver for framebuffer up and
> > > running. But it ended up with it crashing the computer or giving a
> > > blank display. The best I got was a distorted image (using 0.3.2).
> >
> > I'm using the savage frame buffer device on my ThinkPad (S3 Savage
> > Savage/IX-MV) and I also have problems from time to time but it's
> > overall useable. I don't use the DirectFB savage driver however since
> > it frequently freezes my machine.
>
> Okay, so using the kerneldriver for Framebuffer only? Is there any advantage
> to this compared to vesa framebuffer?
yes, it allows to switch modes. Since my display is LCD and doesn't
scale (or at least it doesn't scale in a reasonable quality) changing
the resolution is not of much use. However from time to time I need
the possibility to change the color depth.
cheers,
alex
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