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Framebuffer HOWTO Next Previous Contents Framebuffer HOWTO Alex Buell, alex.buell@tahallah.demon.co.ukv1.1, 22 July 1999 This document describes how to use the framebuffer devices in Linux with a variety of platforms. This also includes how to set up multi-headed displays. 1. Contributors 2. What is a framebuffer device? 3. What advantages does framebuffer devices have? 4. Using framebuffer devices on Intel platforms 4.1 What is vesafb? 4.2 How do I activate the vesafb drivers? 4.3 What VESA modes are available to me? 4.4 Got a Matrox card? 4.5 Got a Permedia card? 4.6 Got a ATI card? 4.7 Which graphic cards are VESA 2.0 compliant? 4.8 Can I make vesafb as a module? 4.9 How do I modify the cursor? 5. Using framebuffer devices on Atari m68k platforms 5.1 What modes are available on Atari m68k platforms? 5.2 Additional suboptions on Atari m68k platforms 5.3 Using the internal suboption on Atari m68k platforms 5.4 Using the external suboption on Atari m68k platforms 6. Using framebuffer devices on Amiga m68k platforms 6.1 What modes are available for Amiga m68k platforms? 6.2 Additional suboptions on Amiga m68k platforms 6.3 Supported Amiga graphic expansion boards 7. Using framebuffer devices on Macintosh m68k platforms 8. Using framebuffer devices on PowerPC platforms 9. Using framebuffer devices on Alpha platforms 9.1 What modes are available to me? 9.2 Which graphic cards can work with the frambuffer device? 10. Using framebuffer devices on SPARC platforms 10.1 Which graphic cards can work with the framebuffer device? 10.2 Configuring the framebuffer devices 11. Using framebuffer devices on MIPS platforms 12. Using framebuffer devices on ARM platforms 12.1 Netwinders 12.2 Acorn Archimedes 12.3 Other ARM ports (SA 7110s et. al) 13. Using multi-headed framebuffers 13.1 Introduction 13.2 Feedback 13.3 Contributors 13.4 Standard Disclaimer 13.5 Copyright Information 13.6 What hardware is supported? 13.7 Commercial support 13.8 Getting all the stuff. 13.9 Getting Started 13.10 Summary 13.11 Other Notes and Problems 14. Using/Changing fonts 15. Changing console modes 16. Setting up the X11 FBdev driver 17. How do I convert XFree86 mode-lines into framebuffer device timings? 18. Looking for further information? Next Previous Contents
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