On Tue, 24 Sep 2002, Michael wrote:

> Are there any special procedures needed to get VESA working in the linux console,

yes.

> other than a kernel with VESA support(and a VESA resoulution)

well the way it works now it completely bypasses the kernel. AFAIK with
a kernel with VESA (lfb) support you can just switch to a preset
resolution at boot time and NEVER again.

> In the console i get a standard no VESA driver available, and in X running with 
>xdosemu it works fine.

Yes. In X, VESA is provided by DOSEMU itself, and then works using
*emulated* registers. In the console, VESA is provided by the card's
video BIOS, using *real* registers. This is why xdosemu works for
everyone in the same way but the console stuff is hardware dependent.

Bart

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