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Framebuffer HOWTO. Alex Buell
Framebuffer HOWTO
Alex Buell, alex.buell@tahallah.clara.co.uk
v1.2, 27 Feb 2000 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.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
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
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?
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libxvmc1 x11-common xserver-xorg-video-intel libxext-dev libxext6 v86d xserver-xorg-video-vesa xserver-xorg-video-fbdev xvfb xserver-xfbdev
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linux-headers-3.10-rc5-common linux-image-3.10-rc5-686-pae linux-headers-3.10-rc5-686-pae firmware-linux-free initramfs-tools
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