Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261257AbVCVOFb (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Mar 2005 09:05:31 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261259AbVCVOFb (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Mar 2005 09:05:31 -0500 Received: from ns9.hostinglmi.net ([213.194.149.146]:20192 "EHLO ns9.hostinglmi.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261257AbVCVOFO (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Mar 2005 09:05:14 -0500 Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 15:05:14 +0100 From: DervishD To: Bodo Eggert <7eggert@gmx.de> Cc: Linux-kernel Subject: Re: Voodoo 3 2000 framebuffer problem Message-ID: <20050322140514.GB9073@DervishD> Mail-Followup-To: Bodo Eggert <7eggert@gmx.de>, Linux-kernel References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Organization: DervishD X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - ns9.hostinglmi.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - dervishd.net X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1404 Lines: 34 Hi Bodo :) * Bodo Eggert <7eggert@gmx.de> dixit: > > 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. I don't want to blink a whole screen of text... But I think I know what you mean, for blinking some text on the screen you need to be able to blink the entire screen. > 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.) I assumed that the textmodes of framebuffer supported all capabilities that the standard text modes support... So, no blinking text in framebuffer, am I wrong? Ra?l N??ez de Arenas Coronado -- Linux Registered User 88736 http://www.dervishd.net & http://www.pleyades.net/ It's my PC and I'll cry if I want to... - 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/