[plug] Console size control

[Matt Kemner]

On Sat, 19 Feb 2000, John Summerfield wrote:

> I think you still have to compile in mtrr support;-)

No, really?
 
> I have fb support working (sort of) with my i740 card. It works well 
> untill X starts; then when I switch back to a text console, my monitor 
> powers down (power saving). Switching back to X starts it again, but 
> (amongst other things) I do not get to see the shutdown messages.

Are you using the special "X for framebuffers (XF86_FBDev)" or your normal
X server?

Matroxfb is the only one that's supposed to let you use a normal X server,
the rest want you to use the special one (which means you miss out on all
the nice hardware accel features)

 - Matt