On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 10:02:23 -0500, David Higgs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Is there a way to programmatically detect whether the hardware >supports a particular character mode? I know there's no "query" >option is wsconscfg; will the driver know enough to bail, or is just a >trial-and-error scenario? > >--david David, I know of no hardware "query" to determine supported character modes and when I think about it, the task might actually be impossible; your system graphics/video/framebuffer "card" may support some character mode that your monitor/terminal does not support. Since there is no feed back from the latter (other than *you* looking at the screen), there's no way to tell if a particular character mode works (completely). Personally, I keep it simple and just stick to the defaults. JCR -- A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
