Re: GGI using

1999-10-16 Thread Marcus Sundberg
Dmitri Semenov wrote: Hi Ok. I got it. What do you think about "primary" target for GGI? I mean target which you like and develop more than other. As you have a Matrox board you should use the fbdev target and matroxfb for running LibGGI apps. When writing LibGGI applications targets are

Re: GGI using

1999-10-14 Thread becka
Hi ! How to set-up refresh rate over vesafb since fbset can not do any with that one. If your VESA BIOS does not support a method for selecting the refresh on its own I am afraid there will not be such a possibility. As said, with vesafb, there is no possibility to modify the mode after it

RE: GGI using

1999-10-14 Thread Dmitri Semenov
D] Subject: Re: GGI using Hi ! How to set-up refresh rate over vesafb since fbset can not do any with that one. If your VESA BIOS does not support a method for selecting the refresh on its own I am afraid there will not be such a possibility. As said, with vesafb, there is no possibility

linux-fbdev list (was Re: GGI using)

1999-10-14 Thread Michael Sobolev
On Tue, Oct 12, 1999 at 09:36:46AM -0400, James Simmons wrote: FrameBuffer List [EMAIL PROTECTED]. Its a majordomo program so you have to do the subscribe "email address" in the body if I remember right. Thank you. Do not you know whether an online archive is available? I seem to be going to

Re: GGI using

1999-10-14 Thread becka
HI ! Ok. I got it. What do you think about "primary" target for GGI? I mean target which you like and develop more than other. My personal preference list is KGI, fbcon, X. Then some of the helper targets if I need to convert something, then maybe SVGAlib (on the few machines where it works

Re: linux-fbdev list (was Re: GGI using)

1999-10-14 Thread Michael Sobolev
On Thu, Oct 14, 1999 at 01:59:56PM -0400, James Simmons wrote: Thank you. Do not you know whether an online archive is available? I seem to be going to ask standard questions... :) http://mail.archive.com/ search for linux-fbdev Thank you very much. -- Mike

RE: GGI using

1999-10-13 Thread Dmitry Semenov
--Original Message- From: Andrew Apted [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 1999 3:58 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: GGI using Andy writes: also I can not set F2 mode. Yes. This is as well not possible with VESAfb. It cannot pan. There is a kernel command l

RE: GGI using

1999-10-12 Thread Dmitry Semenov
only on specific hardware. I cant use X. Of course I can emulate page-switching but that is bad. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 1999 7:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: GGI using Hi ! when I start under root I've got

Re: GGI using

1999-10-11 Thread James Simmons
Matrox(G100 4MB) Frame buffer. Problem is I can not operate with GGI input without super user privileges. Weird. Never had this problem. Other problem that every console uses the same fb. How many vidoe card do you have? Their is normally one video for all virtual terminals. If you have

RE: GGI using

1999-10-11 Thread Dmitry Semenov
GGI demo programs in the same mode or using virtual screen. Best regards, Dmitry -Original Message- From: James Simmons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 1999 8:18 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: GGI using Matrox(G100 4MB) Frame buffer. Problem is I can

Re: GGI using

1999-10-11 Thread Michael Sobolev
On Mon, Oct 11, 1999 at 07:17:45PM -0400, James Simmons wrote: Hum. These are fbcon bugs. More like console code bugs. I have sent this to the fbdev list. BTW, what is fbdev list you are talking about? Where I could find more informaiton on it. -- Mike