From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.33) id 1BN7qy-0002oC-Cn for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 10 May 2004 06:17:44 -0400 Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BN7qu-0002mI-Ba for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 10 May 2004 06:17:40 -0400 Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BN7qM-0002d5-LV for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 10 May 2004 06:17:38 -0400 Received: from [145.74.66.11] (helo=mail-cn.han.nl) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BN7qL-0002bj-JL for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 10 May 2004 06:17:05 -0400 Received: from localhost (charlie.han.nl [145.74.66.9]) by mail-cn.han.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0422877B; Mon, 10 May 2004 12:17:04 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail-cn.han.nl ([145.74.66.11]) by localhost (charlie.han.nl [145.74.66.9]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 06584-03; Mon, 10 May 2004 12:17:03 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail1.han.nl (mail1.han.nl [145.74.103.11]) by mail-cn.han.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9EE5876D; Mon, 10 May 2004 12:15:30 +0200 (CEST) Received: from india.han.nl (india.han.nl [145.74.103.15]) by mail1.han.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id D54EFC046; Mon, 10 May 2004 12:15:30 +0200 (CEST) Received: by india.han.nl (Postfix, from userid 48) id AFB667865; Mon, 10 May 2004 12:15:30 +0200 (CEST) Received: from 145.74.169.119 ( [145.74.169.119]) as user metgerards@localhost by webmail.han.nl with HTTP; Mon, 10 May 2004 12:15:30 +0200 Message-ID: <1084184130.409f5642890af@webmail.han.nl> Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 12:15:30 +0200 From: "M. Gerards" To: The development of GRUB 2 , James Buchanan References: <409F4D86.80709@iinet.net.au> In-Reply-To: <409F4D86.80709@iinet.net.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) 3.1 X-Originating-IP: 145.74.169.119 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new@vscan-cn.han.nl Cc: Subject: Re: Anyone working on graphics console for GRUB 2? X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 10:17:42 -0000 Quoting James Buchanan : > If someone has started on this, how will the graphics be done? Will > it use a standalone SVGAlib, maybe a "generic" SVGA framebuffer, Using SVGAlib would be evil and a lot of work. I think the best way to do this is by using VESA. At the moment there is a VGA framebuffer, but it needs to be fixed. If you want to work on this, can you fix the VGA framebuffer? > working to the VESA BIOS Extensions v3 or somesuch? The RedHat Grub > screen is very nice. Not sure how they did it. Has a nice clean set > of widgets. How would Unicode characters be drawn on the screen, > would there be a lookup table of bitmap font outlines or something? AFAIK a bitmap font is used for GRUB 2. Just have a look at the sourcecode. -- Marco