Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 16:40:08 +0100 From: Antony T Curtis <antony@abacus.co.uk> To: Graham Wheeler <gram@cequrux.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Framebuffer driver? Message-ID: <39CB7D58.D8549618@abacus.co.uk> References: <39CB622E.4B1A6BE4@cequrux.com> <39CB67ED.3D2A82D2@abacus.co.uk> <39CB6CB5.4DB77A68@cequrux.com>
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Graham Wheeler wrote: > > Antony T Curtis wrote: > > > > I've written a VESA framebuffer XFree86 3.3.6 driver - it uses the VESA > > SysCons KLD. > > This is presumably unrelated to the Xfree86 4.0 framebuffer driver? Kinda related. AFAIK, XF86-4 only has a fbcons backend support for Linux, (I have received an email from the XFree86 group asking if I had the time to port my XF86-3 driver to XF86-4) > > FreeBSD also has a VESA framebuffer console driver (which I am also > > using on my Compaq notebook) but the font it uses and how it's > > configured only gives you an 80 column display - I'm sure it wouldn't be > > hard to modify it... > > Is this syscons itself, or some other replacement driver, that you're > referring to? This is syscons. There are extra options when compiling a kernel if you want the console to use VESA graphics mode. > On a completely different note, what sort of touch pad do you have, and > do you have any problems with it? I have a Toshiba Satalite Pro which uses a trackpoint-like PS/2 device which is part of the keyboard. I haven't had any problems with it other than that it only has 2 buttons. Another notebook which I have used was a Dual which had a touchpad. That worked great, especially as it looked like a 3 button PS/2 mouse. -- ANTONY T CURTIS Tel: +44 (1635) 36222 Abacus Polar Holdings Ltd Fax: +44 (1635) 38670 > "Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for you are crunchy and good > with ketchup." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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