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On Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 12:26:14PM +1000, Mike Fahlbusch wrote:
> I think making GFX_SAFE select 1024 x 768 is a bad idea. The whole point
> of GFX_SAFE is making allegro select safe (usually default) settings. I
> don't classify 1024 x 768 as either safe or default screen resolution.
You've missed the point -- Grzegorz has made GFX_SAFE *not*
change the resolution, so it uses whatever resolution was
already set (fbcon is effectively always in a graphics mode).
It just so happens that on his machine that's 1024x768. On mine
it would be 640x480. This mode *is* the most safe, because it's
already set! Above all, if Linux fbcon doesn't have a driver
for your video card so you use the VESA fbcon driver, you can't
change video modes at all after booting, so this is the only way
that works.
George