Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261230AbVCVNwg (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Mar 2005 08:52:36 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261228AbVCVNwg (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Mar 2005 08:52:36 -0500 Received: from mail-in-09.arcor-online.net ([151.189.21.49]:5010 "EHLO mail-in-09.arcor-online.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261230AbVCVNwd (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Mar 2005 08:52:33 -0500 From: Bodo Eggert <7eggert@gmx.de> Subject: Re: Voodoo 3 2000 framebuffer problem To: DervishD , Linux-kernel Reply-To: 7eggert@gmx.de Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 14:57:07 +0100 References: User-Agent: KNode/0.7.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Message-Id: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 870 Lines: 13 DervishD wrote: > Linux Kernel 2.4.29, in a do-it-yourself linux box, equipped with > an AGP Voodoo 3 2000 card, tdfx framebuffer support. I boot in vga > mode 0x0f05, with parameter 'video=tdfx:800x600-32@100' and I get > (correctly) 100x37 character grid. All of that is correct. What is > not correct is the characters attributes, namely the 'blink' > attribute. Blinking a whole screen of text is much more expensive than a block cursor. You'll want hardware support, e.g. some kind of double-buffering or using 240 colors just for that purpose in a 256 color mode. (I would not implement that.) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/