Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 7 Mar 1999 14:49:05 +0800 (JST) | From | Orlando Andico <> | Subject | Re: framebuffer console |
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On Sat, 6 Mar 1999, Brian Gerst wrote:
.. > The drawback to using the Vesa BIOS framebuffer is that setting the > video mode can only be done at boot time, while the processor is still > in real mode. You need to pass via lilo vga=x, where x is the mode > number to switch to. ..
That's what I did. Unfortunately the VESA standard modes use refresh rates that suck (e.g. 800x600 at 56 Hz which is the lowest possible refresh for 800x600 modes). Is the VESA 2.0 BIOS at a fixed offset within the video ROM space? I have one of those video cards which have a flashable BIOS, and I was wondering if I could figure out where the mode timings are kept, edit it with emacs, to get a higher refresh rate.
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