On Sun, 25 Jun 2000, Tony Nugent wrote:
> I'm just wondering if svgalib is now, or will soon be, able to work
> with framebuffer text modes (that are set using the kernel's
> framebuffer device at bootup, eg, "vga="791").
>
> Last time I tried using svgalib apps from framebuffered consoles, it
> failed to restore the framebuffer mode (resulting in an
> unrecoverable blank screen - fumbling around in the dark, doing
> "startx" saved me from a potential hard reboot and at least gave me
> a working user interface :)
>
> If not, then this is perhaps something that does need to be looked
> at rather urgently...
# /etc/vga/libvga.config
chipset VESA # nicely behaved Vesa Bioses
VesaText # Helps the VESA driver with text mode restoration
The last line was necessary here, maybe it helps also in your case.
--
Johannes
