[Grml] X and Console, grml 0.8 , latest update last week

[s. keeling]

Incoming from Erich Minderlein:
> 
> Amilopro V2030, 256 MByte RAM, 1,5 GHz Celeron
> The video framebuffer eats a minimum of 16 MByte from this RAM, 
> I cannot adjust less in the BIOS. (Choice of 16/32/64 MByte)

Do you *have* to use framebuffer?  Have you tried the VESA driver,
non-framebuffer?

> 3. Changing to console with CTRL-ALT-F# (console number) does not erase
> the x window, but gives only writes of the whitish parts of the console
> output in an unreadable way, obviously the pixel lines / columns memory
> order is not realigned to the display mode. 

Try with VESA, and perhaps you will have better results without fb
mucking with the console.


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