From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Subject: Re: how does one _stop_ using fb Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 15:45:18 -0400 Message-ID: <200507141945.DSL28073@ms3.netsolmail.com> Reply-To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.91] helo=sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1Dt9e6-0005qi-IX for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 14 Jul 2005 12:45:22 -0700 Received: from omr3.netsolmail.com ([216.168.230.164]) by sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.44) id 1Dt9e5-0005L8-7Y for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 14 Jul 2005 12:45:22 -0700 Received: from ms3.netsolmail.com (IDENT:mirapoint@[216.168.230.176]) by omr3.netsolmail.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j6EJjIgt029182 for ; Thu, 14 Jul 2005 15:45:18 -0400 (EDT) Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net James, Thanks for your reply. Is the problem in fbcon or is it something I could fix in my framebuffer driver? - Eric van Tassell ---- Original message ---- >Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 20:19:07 +0100 (BST) >From: James Simmons >Subject: Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] how does one _stop_ using fb >To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > >You need a driver that supports going back to vga text mode. Unfortunely >very few drivers support that. At present we can't go back. > > >On Wed, 6 Jul 2005 evt@texelsoft.com wrote: > >> or IOW how does one undo con2fb and put the console back to >> vga to unload a framebuffer module. Thanks. >> >> - Eric van Tassell >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------- >> SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies >> from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, >> informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to >> speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click >> _______________________________________________ >> Linux-fbdev-devel mailing list >> Linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-fbdev-devel >> > > >------------------------------------------------------- >SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies >from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, >informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to >speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click >_______________________________________________ >Linux-fbdev-devel mailing list >Linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-fbdev-devel ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click