Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 15:59:03 +0100 (CET) From: Søren Schmidt <sos@freebsd.dk> To: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith) Cc: mike@smith.net.au, dillon@apollo.backplane.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Any way to get machine out of hires when it breaks into DDB> ? Message-ID: <199901271459.PAA34837@freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: <199901271440.GAA24042@dingo.cdrom.com> from Mike Smith at "Jan 27, 1999 6:40: 1 am"
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It seems Mike Smith wrote: > > I have started on a X server that uses libvgl as the underlying graphics > > "glue". Since libvgl can (well my local version) use the BIOS to switch > > to hires VESA modes, the kernel "knows" how to get out of graphics mode > > when something bad happens. > > However you can be screwed so bad that even this doesn't work. > > The other downside is that such an Xserver redefines slow... > > This is what QNX do with their Photon micro-GUI; they use the VESA BIOS > and then the linear framebuffer mode that most cards have. It's not > what you'd call "accelerated", but for a lot of things it's more than > adequate. Hmm, any chance that they have source available for that :), nah.... > If you're going to do it that way, it does indeed become possible, yes. Yup, I had it working but my prototype went away with my machine, so I'll have to whip it up again, but it was usefull, esp for else unsupported video HW, and for minimal installations... - Søren To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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