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  • From: sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>
  • To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [BL] Printing scanned files
  • Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 17:25:19 +0000 (UTC)

On Fri, 25 Mar 2005, David Moberg wrote:

----- Original Message -----
From: "sindi keesan" <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>

Is this a patch to the kernel that you posted, or to the source
code (which would be compiled into a different kernel) and how do I
use it?

The later. After you've unpacked linux-2.2.16:

cd linux
cat s3pat | patch -p1

Looks like I either have to get a VESA 2.0 card working (I have two that might be) or compile my own kernel modeled on yours but with the patch.
Next week.


Meaning that any fb program I run would be at that resolution?

Yes, with vesafb. Not all fb programs are full screen.

Would I have any choice after booting of 80 vs 132 columns?
I should try it out before asking many more questions.

Xvesa was a bit simpler but it is still nice to have CLI control.

This is a little more compatible with vesa 1.2 card.

Would any VESA 2.0 card let me use fbset?

No. Only ones that use more advanced drivers than vesafb, like matrox.


And matrox messes up DOS viewers.

xfbdev puts you into X? How to add an rxvt, with &rxvt on cli?

Or replace Xvesa with Xfbdev, and use xinit.

So there is a choice of using fb like any other X server (which lets you unload it later) or xfbdev. I am still confused. First to get a patched kernel working.....


WOuld a different 3D card be of use to you? I have one with heat sinks.

No, thanks. I'm not doing much 3d work these days, and even if I do, I have
two PCs with 3d cards to work with. Heat sinks? Must put out a lot of heat.

We had one card with two fans on it that took up 3 pci slots and had special RAM (64MB). This card looks like 8MB RAM.

David
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