<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="SGML-Tools 1.0.9"> <TITLE>Framebuffer HOWTO</TITLE> <LINK HREF="Framebuffer-HOWTO-1.html" REL=next> </HEAD> <BODY> <A HREF="Framebuffer-HOWTO-1.html">Next</A> Previous Contents <HR> <H1>Framebuffer HOWTO</H1> <H2>Alex Buell, <CODE>alex.buell@tahallah.clara.co.uk</CODE></H2>v1.2, 27 Feb 2000 <P><HR> <EM>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.</EM> <HR> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc1">1.</A> <A HREF="Framebuffer-HOWTO-1.html">History</A></H2> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc2">2.</A> <A HREF="Framebuffer-HOWTO-2.html">Contributors</A></H2> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc3">3.</A> <A HREF="Framebuffer-HOWTO-3.html">What is a framebuffer device?</A></H2> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc4">4.</A> <A HREF="Framebuffer-HOWTO-4.html">What advantages does framebuffer devices have? </A></H2> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc5">5.</A> <A HREF="Framebuffer-HOWTO-5.html">Using framebuffer devices on Intel platforms</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="Framebuffer-HOWTO-5.html#ss5.1">5.1 What is vesafb?</A> <LI><A HREF="Framebuffer-HOWTO-5.html#ss5.2">5.2 How do I activate the vesafb drivers? </A> <LI><A HREF="Framebuffer-HOWTO-5.html#ss5.3">5.3 What VESA modes are available to me? </A> <LI><A HREF="Framebuffer-HOWTO-5.html#ss5.4">5.4 Got a Matrox card?</A> <LI><A HREF="Framebuffer-HOWTO-5.html#ss5.5">5.5 Got a Permedia card?</A> <LI><A HREF="Framebuffer-HOWTO-5.html#ss5.6">5.6 Got a ATI card?</A> <LI><A HREF="Framebuffer-HOWTO-5.html#ss5.7">5.7 Which graphic cards are VESA 2.0 compliant?</A> <LI><A HREF="Framebuffer-HOWTO-5.html#ss5.8">5.8 Can I make vesafb as a module? </A> <LI><A HREF="Framebuffer-HOWTO-5.html#ss5.9">5.9 How do I modify the cursor?</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc6">6.</A> <A HREF="Framebuffer-HOWTO-6.html">Using framebuffer devices on Atari m68k platforms</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="Framebuffer-HOWTO-6.html#ss6.1">6.1 What modes are available on Atari m68k platforms?</A> <LI><A HREF="Framebuffer-HOWTO-6.html#ss6.2">6.2 Additional suboptions on Atari m68k platforms</A> <LI><A HREF="Framebuffer-HOWTO-6.html#ss6.3">6.3 Using the internal suboption on Atari m68k platforms</A> <LI><A HREF="Framebuffer-HOWTO-6.html#ss6.4">6.4 Using the external suboption on Atari m68k platforms</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc7">7.</A> <A HREF="Framebuffer-HOWTO-7.html">Using framebuffer devices on Amiga m68k platforms</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="Framebuffer-HOWTO-7.html#ss7.1">7.1 What modes are available for Amiga m68k platforms?</A> <LI><A HREF="Framebuffer-HOWTO-7.html#ss7.2">7.2 Additional suboptions on Amiga m68k platforms</A> <LI><A HREF="Framebuffer-HOWTO-7.html#ss7.3">7.3 Supported Amiga graphic expansion boards</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc8">8.</A> <A HREF="Framebuffer-HOWTO-8.html">Using framebuffer devices on Macintosh m68k platforms</A></H2> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc9">9.</A> <A HREF="Framebuffer-HOWTO-9.html">Using framebuffer devices on PowerPC platforms</A></H2> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc10">10.</A> <A HREF="Framebuffer-HOWTO-10.html">Using framebuffer devices on Alpha platforms</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="Framebuffer-HOWTO-10.html#ss10.1">10.1 What modes are available to me? </A> <LI><A HREF="Framebuffer-HOWTO-10.html#ss10.2">10.2 Which graphic cards can work with the frambuffer device?</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc11">11.</A> <A HREF="Framebuffer-HOWTO-11.html">Using framebuffer devices on SPARC platforms</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="Framebuffer-HOWTO-11.html#ss11.1">11.1 Which graphic cards can work with the framebuffer device?</A> <LI><A HREF="Framebuffer-HOWTO-11.html#ss11.2">11.2 Configuring the framebuffer devices </A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc12">12.</A> <A HREF="Framebuffer-HOWTO-12.html">Using framebuffer devices on MIPS platforms </A></H2> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc13">13.</A> <A HREF="Framebuffer-HOWTO-13.html">Using framebuffer devices on ARM platforms</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="Framebuffer-HOWTO-13.html#ss13.1">13.1 Netwinders</A> <LI><A HREF="Framebuffer-HOWTO-13.html#ss13.2">13.2 Acorn Archimedes</A> <LI><A HREF="Framebuffer-HOWTO-13.html#ss13.3">13.3 Other ARM ports (SA 7110s et. al)</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc14">14.</A> <A HREF="Framebuffer-HOWTO-14.html">Using multi-headed framebuffers</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="Framebuffer-HOWTO-14.html#ss14.1">14.1 Introduction</A> <LI><A HREF="Framebuffer-HOWTO-14.html#ss14.2">14.2 Feedback</A> <LI><A HREF="Framebuffer-HOWTO-14.html#ss14.3">14.3 Contributors</A> <LI><A HREF="Framebuffer-HOWTO-14.html#ss14.4">14.4 Standard Disclaimer</A> <LI><A HREF="Framebuffer-HOWTO-14.html#ss14.5">14.5 Copyright Information</A> <LI><A HREF="Framebuffer-HOWTO-14.html#ss14.6">14.6 What hardware is supported?</A> <LI><A HREF="Framebuffer-HOWTO-14.html#ss14.7">14.7 Commercial support</A> <LI><A HREF="Framebuffer-HOWTO-14.html#ss14.8">14.8 Getting all the stuff.</A> <LI><A HREF="Framebuffer-HOWTO-14.html#ss14.9">14.9 Getting Started</A> <LI><A HREF="Framebuffer-HOWTO-14.html#ss14.10">14.10 Summary</A> <LI><A HREF="Framebuffer-HOWTO-14.html#ss14.11">14.11 Other Notes and Problems</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc15">15.</A> <A HREF="Framebuffer-HOWTO-15.html">Using/Changing fonts</A></H2> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc16">16.</A> <A HREF="Framebuffer-HOWTO-16.html">Changing console modes</A></H2> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc17">17.</A> <A HREF="Framebuffer-HOWTO-17.html">Setting up the X11 FBdev driver</A></H2> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc18">18.</A> <A HREF="Framebuffer-HOWTO-18.html">How do I convert XFree86 mode-lines into framebuffer device timings?</A></H2> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc19">19.</A> <A HREF="Framebuffer-HOWTO-19.html">Changing the Linux logo</A></H2> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc20">20.</A> <A HREF="Framebuffer-HOWTO-20.html">Looking for further information? 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