> 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").
Theoretically it should work now.
> Last time I tried using svgalib apps from framebuffered consoles, it
> failed to restore the framebuffer mode (resulting in an
This should not happen. If it does (and not with vesa), it is a driver
problem. Please report to the author of the driver.
> 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 you are using a real fb driver (not vesafb), then fbset (or switching
vc) should solve the problem.
I don't use fbright now, but I got some reports of svgalib interacting
well with fb.
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