Andreas Beck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Q: I am trying to run on the vesafb driver, but it doesn't work.
>
> A: There are two common problems with the vesafb driver:
> 1. It has to be activated _explictly_ at boot. Please read
> /usr/doc/linux/Documentation/fb/vesafb.txt on how to do this.
That's a distribution specific path.
/usr/src/linux... would probably more likely to exist, although all
systems doesn't have that either.
> 2. It cannot switch modes. This is a VESA limitation, not a driver
> limitation.
Well, it is not a GGI limitation, but it _is_ a driver limit. I
think I even saw a patch to use the VESA real-mode interface to
switch modes.
//Marcus
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