Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 16:52:22 +0300 From: Panagiotis Astithas <past@netmode.ntua.gr> To: Graham Wheeler <gram@cequrux.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Framebuffer driver? Message-ID: <20000922165222.F10538@netmode.ece.ntua.gr> In-Reply-To: <39CB622E.4B1A6BE4@cequrux.com>; from gram@cequrux.com on Fri, Sep 22, 2000 at 03:44:14PM %2B0200 References: <39CB622E.4B1A6BE4@cequrux.com>
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On Fri, Sep 22, 2000 at 03:44:14PM +0200, Graham Wheeler wrote: > Hi all > > In my neverending quest to get my lousy Compaq laptop's Synaptics touch > pad to work (a problem with which many of you are now familiar!), I > finally got around to installing Linux (Mandrake 7.1) a week ago. The > jury is still out on whether this is going to solve my problems - I have > found a kernel patch that seems to help, but I'm playing with too many > variables right now and need some time to be more systematic - but in > the process, I've found one feature of Linux that I really like, which > may be enough for me to keep using it on the laptop over FreeBSD. That > feature is the VESA framebuffer driver for the console, which allows me > to run my 800x600 LCD screen as a 100x35 console, with a very readable > font (better than any of the ones I've used on FreeBSD at 80x25). I Have you tried vidcontrol VESA_800x600 or vidcontrol 132x60 under FreeBSD? -past To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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