svgatextmode 1.9-18 (lpia binary) in ubuntu jaunty
This program is designed to greatly improve the normal (EGA-based) text modes
on your Linux machine. It uses an Xconfig-like configuration file to set up
better looking text modes. (higher resolution, larger font size, higher
display refresh...) This is already a big boon on normal 14" displays, and
it is an immense difference on larger and better (15" and up) screens.
It stems from the idea that it is a real waste of hardware to use EGA
text modes on an SVGA-card, which was designed to do much better than that.
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This package is mainly of use to people with older hardware that is not
adequately supported by the Linux framebuffer drivers. If you abhor 80x25
text modes as much as I do but have a modern CPU and video hardware, then
building a kernel with framebuffer support is probably a better option.
Some newer video cards are not supported by this package at all (but are
supported by the kernel fb drivers)
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WARNING: This program will not work on non-VGA based systems. Installing it
will not do any harm, but activating the program can.
Details
- Package version:
- 1.9-18
- Status:
- Obsolete
- Component:
- universe
- Priority:
- Extra
Downloadable files
- svgatextmode_1.9-18_lpia.deb (350.6 KiB)