You might try the framebuffer drivers, but i am just guessing.
On Thu, 22 Jul 1999, Jean-Louis Debert wrote:
> "Jay Summet for [EMAIL PROTECTED]" wrote:
> > The card I had came with (ms-Dos) software to change the settings for the
> > text display modes as well (basically, a modeline for text mode) and I was
> > able to get text mode working in Dos without much trouble. However, I
> > don't know of anything in Linux that will allow you to change the card
> > settings for text mode.
>
> Yes, there is, and it's even on the Mandrake cd: it's SVGATextMode, and
> it also includes a DOS binary if you are interested.
>
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