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1) Text sucks on webpages, and other GUI apps. For a sample, see... |
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http://clients.teksavvy.com/~walterdnes/misc/webtext.png where I snipped |
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2 sentences from the CNN webpage. How can I fix it? |
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2) Back in 2000, one of the things that drove me to linux was the |
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availability of true console text mode, and also true console text mode |
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apps. Up till now, I've used text mode when possible, because it's a |
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lot easier on my eyes. I'm realistic about using X for web browsing and |
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spreadsheets, and other GUI-oriented stuff. But email and text files |
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should be textmode, dammit. |
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However, my new machine's Intel integrated graphics chip doesn't agree. |
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X will *NOT* work unless I enable i915 DRM driver in make menuconfig, |
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like so... |
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<*> Intel 830M, 845G, 852GM, 855GM, 865G (i915 driver) ---> |
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This results in framebuffer being *FORCED* on. |
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<*> Direct Rendering Manager (XFree86 4.1.0 and higher DRI support |
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-*- Lowlevel video output switch controls |
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-*- Support for frame buffer devices ---> |
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Let's just say that framebuffer video on a 1920x1200 24" LCD "sucketh |
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to the max". I get 74 rows by some ridiculous number of columns of |
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miniscule, virtually unreadable font. This is with the default VGA |
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boot, not with VGA=6. Is there any way I can get rid of framebuffer |
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mode, while retaining X functionality? Why the bleep does X Windows |
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require framebuffer, anyways? The "lspci -vv" output for my video card |
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is listed below... |
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00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Clarkdale |
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Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 12) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) |
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Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 7636 |
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Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- |
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ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+ |
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Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- |
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<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- |
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Latency: 0 |
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Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 31 |
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Region 0: Memory at fb800000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4M] |
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Region 2: Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M] |
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Region 4: I/O ports at cc00 [size=8] |
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Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] |
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Capabilities: [90] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit- |
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Address: fee0f00c Data: 4199 |
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Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 2 |
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Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA |
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PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) |
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Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- |
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Capabilities: [a4] PCI Advanced Features |
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AFCap: TP+ FLR+ |
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AFCtrl: FLR- |
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AFStatus: TP- |
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Kernel driver in use: i915 |
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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> |