Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 21:16:19 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: S ren Schmidt <sos@freebsd.dk> Cc: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith), dillon@apollo.backplane.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Any way to get machine out of hires when it breaks into DDB> ? Message-ID: <199901280516.VAA01116@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 27 Jan 1999 15:59:03 %2B0100." <199901271459.PAA34837@freebsd.dk>
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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.... See the 'GRX' library that comes with djgpp (www.delorie.com). It uses VESA and LFB mode. If it wasn't for the license, I'd say it was almost immediately suited to completely replace libvgl. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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