Re: [patch] Re: Framebuffer...Why oh Why???

James Simmons (jsimmons@transvirtual.com)
Mon, 31 Dec 2001 14:26:04 -0800 (PST)


> > Text mode is slow and has poor resolution, yes even svga text mode stuff
> > is way slower than accelerated fbconsole for me, I don't like having to
> > wait for the screen to update when I page a file and go to the next
> > page.
>
> ouch, this hasn't been the case for me for ages, maybe I should try this
> accelerated fbconsole thing again...

Which framebuffer driver? Soem are good and some suck. Vesafb is really
bad. It far better to use a native card dr4iver if it is avaliable.

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