On Tue, 24 Sep 2002 00:18:49 +0100 (BST) Bart Oldeman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 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. Actually i've got a utillitie called `vidmode` that will let me change the VESA res on the fly. > > 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. So i'll have no luck with just a "generic VESA 2.0 kernel driver"? And have to use one of the card specific drivers? As for dosemu, do i need to specify anything if everything else is set up properly? (BTW: Console VESA would be faster, since it's not emulated?) Thanks. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-msdos" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
