Framebuffer HOWTO. Alex Buell

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Framebuffer HOWTO

Alex Buell, alex.buell@tahallah.clara.co.uk

v1.2, 27 Feb 2000

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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.

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1.History

2.Contributors

3.What is a framebuffer device?

4.What advantages does framebuffer devices have?

5.Using framebuffer devices on Intel platforms

• 5.1 What is vesafb?
• 5.2 How do I activate the vesafb drivers?
• 5.3 What VESA modes are available to me?
• 5.4 Got a Matrox card?
• 5.5 Got a Permedia card?
• 5.6 Got a ATI card?
• 5.7 Which graphic cards are VESA 2.0 compliant?
• 5.8 Can I make vesafb as a module?
• 5.9 How do I modify the cursor?

6.Using framebuffer devices on Atari m68k platforms

• 6.1 What modes are available on Atari m68k platforms?
• 6.2 Additional suboptions on Atari m68k platforms
• 6.3 Using the internal suboption on Atari m68k platforms
• 6.4 Using the external suboption on Atari m68k platforms

7.Using framebuffer devices on Amiga m68k platforms

• 7.1 What modes are available for Amiga m68k platforms?
• 7.2 Additional suboptions on Amiga m68k platforms
• 7.3 Supported Amiga graphic expansion boards

8.Using framebuffer devices on Macintosh m68k platforms

9.Using framebuffer devices on PowerPC platforms

10.Using framebuffer devices on Alpha platforms

• 10.1 What modes are available to me?
• 10.2 Which graphic cards can work with the frambuffer device?

11.Using framebuffer devices on SPARC platforms

• 11.1 Which graphic cards can work with the framebuffer device?
• 11.2 Configuring the framebuffer devices

12.Using framebuffer devices on MIPS platforms

13.Using framebuffer devices on ARM platforms

• 13.1 Netwinders
• 13.2 Acorn Archimedes
• 13.3 Other ARM ports (SA 7110s et. al)

14.Using multi-headed framebuffers

• 14.1 Introduction
• 14.2 Feedback
• 14.3 Contributors
• 14.4 Standard Disclaimer
• 14.5 Copyright Information
• 14.6 What hardware is supported?
• 14.7 Commercial support
• 14.8 Getting all the stuff.
• 14.9 Getting Started
• 14.10 Summary
• 14.11 Other Notes and Problems

15.Using/Changing fonts

16.Changing console modes

17.Setting up the X11 FBdev driver

18.How do I convert XFree86 mode-lines into framebuffer device timings?

19.Changing the Linux logo

20.Looking for further information?

http://www.linux.com/learn/docs/ldp/525-Framebuffer-HOWTO

http://www.linux.com/learn/docs/ldp/525-Framebuffer-HOWTO#s5