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Next Previous Contents Framebuffer HOWTO Alex Buell, alex.buell@tahallah.clara.co.uk v1.2, 27 Feb 2025 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 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? Next Previous Contents

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