[GLLUG] Re: Booting into text mode

[Melson, Paul]

No, but the S3 chipset will display VESA framebuffer modes.  Anything that doesn't have GL support of one form or another is better off, IMHO, if it's used in vfb mode - both for the kernel and X display.  This solves many problems like switching between graphics modes, using undocumented/unsupported monitors, and color map conflicts.  That's just my opinion, but as long as you're not playing Quake or doing rendering/modeling with the machine, vfb is a good (and easy) choice.

PaulM

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I think the Stealth cards used an S3 chipset of some sort.  S3 chipsets 
have never been well-supported under X, though things have improved and 
are usable under the latest versions of X.
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