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Re[2]: FrameBuffer Console support.



Yoni Elhanani <biggo@netvision.net.il> wrote:
>   
>  > $ ls /usr/src/linux/Documentation/fb
>  > 00-INDEX         internals.txt    vesafb.txt
>  > framebuffer.txt  matroxfb.txt
>  > 
>  
>  I read the docs before I compiled it,
>  If I hadnt read them I wouldnt know what it was....
>  But (as I recall) they document more on the technical side of it.
>  (how it worx, rather than how to make it work... :-))

Well, vesafb.txt does contain a list of possible modes (that was, IIRC, what
you originally asked about). Also, if you pressed the "Help" button for the
FB support during the kernel config, you'd see a reference to the
Framebuffer-HOWTO (which covers the stuff in details).

Regards,

Evgeny


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