Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 08:53:05 +0000 (GMT) From: Barry Perryman <perryman@sun001.sil.com> To: Philippe Regnauld <regnauld@tetard.frmug.fr.net> Cc: hackers <hackers@FreeBSD.org>, Darren Reed <avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au> Subject: Re: > 80x24 ? Message-ID: <Pine.3.05.1.9603270802.C8336-a100000@sun001.sil.com> In-Reply-To: <199603262232.XAA00589@tetard.frmug.fr.net>
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On Tue, 26 Mar 1996, Philippe Regnauld wrote: > Darren Reed =E9crit / writes: >=20 > > Linux has some table of the things, and before it did this, it would > > somehow "probe" the card and give a (not complete) list of available > > modes. >=20 > Doesn't Linux use some sort of ModeLine (just like XFree), and u= se > it to drive the console at any frequency and/or resolution ? That's the SVGA console, from what I remember the normal linux console doens't require any special setup files. > -- Phil Barry --- Barry Perryman - perryman@sun001.sil.com Satellites International Limited, England Participant 27,693,292 in the BSE -> CJD Experiment
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