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Date:      Wed, 27 Mar 1996 08:53:05 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Barry Perryman <perryman@sun001.sil.com>
To:        Philippe Regnauld <regnauld@tetard.frmug.fr.net>
Cc:        hackers <hackers@FreeBSD.org>, Darren Reed <avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au>
Subject:   Re: > 80x24 ?
Message-ID:  <Pine.3.05.1.9603270802.C8336-a100000@sun001.sil.com>
In-Reply-To: <199603262232.XAA00589@tetard.frmug.fr.net>

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On Tue, 26 Mar 1996, Philippe Regnauld wrote:
> Darren Reed =E9crit / writes:
>=20
> > Linux has some table of the things, and before it did this, it would
> > somehow "probe" the card and give a (not complete) list of available
> > modes.
>=20
>         Doesn't Linux use some sort of  ModeLine (just like XFree), and u=
se
>         it to drive the console at any frequency and/or resolution ?

That's the SVGA console, from what I remember the normal linux
console doens't require any special setup files.

>                                                      -- Phil

Barry
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