[GLLUG] FreeBSD console res

Ben Pfaff blp@cs.stanford.edu
Mon, 16 Sep 2002 22:01:22 -0400


Matt Graham <danceswithcrows@usa.net> writes:

[Linux VESA framebuffer]
> However, the "fbset" utility on Linux might actually do something... or 
> not.  [...]

Not.

        if (var->xres           != vesafb_defined.xres           ||
            var->yres           != vesafb_defined.yres           ||
            var->xres_virtual   != vesafb_defined.xres_virtual   ||
            var->yres_virtual   >  video_height_virtual          ||
            var->yres_virtual   <  video_height                  ||
            var->xoffset                                         ||
            var->bits_per_pixel != vesafb_defined.bits_per_pixel ||
            var->nonstd) {
                if (first) {
                        printk(KERN_ERR "Vesafb does not support changing the video mode\n");
                        first = 0;
                }
                return -EINVAL;
        }

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