[svlug] Re: WHY IS IT SO HARD TO GET A WORKING LINUX MACHINE

[Marc MERLIN]

On 5 Aug 1998 13:46:22 -0700, Ira Abramov <ira at scso.com> wrote:
>
>On Wed, 5 Aug 1998, Jeff Rose wrote:
>
>> >The Diamond Stealth II S220 is not supported, it uses the Rendition
>> 
>> Then the next step is to keep an eye on the code of the newsest 2.1.* kernels?
>yes, of course. kernels support lots of cool  video cards (ever compiled a
>kernel? saw the long lists?)

I don't know if it's what he meant, but the 2.1.x kernels do have fbcon
support on PC, including VESA if I'm not mistaken

Marc
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