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>Framebuffer HOWTO</TITLE
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>Framebuffer HOWTO</H1
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CLASS="author"
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NAME="AEN4"
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>Alex Buell</A
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>alex.buell@munted.org.uk</A
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>2010-08-05, version 1.3<BR></P
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>Revision History</B
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ALIGN="LEFT"
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>Revision v1.3</TD
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>2010-08-05</TD
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>Converted to DocBook from
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LinuxDoc</TD
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>Revision v1.2</TD
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>2000-01-22</TD
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>Last public release</TD
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>Revision v1.1</TD
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>1999-07-22</TD
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>With some additional information</TD
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>Revision v1.0</TD
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>1999-06-07</TD
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ALIGN="LEFT"
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>First public release</TD
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CLASS="abstract"
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NAME="AEN11"
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><P
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><B
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></B
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></P
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><P
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>This document describes how to use the
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framebuffer devices in Linux with a variety of
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platforms. This also includes how to set up
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multi-headed displays.</P
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><HR></DIV
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><B
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>Table of Contents</B
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><DT
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>1. <A
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HREF="x34.html"
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>Contributors</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>2. <A
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HREF="x131.html"
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>What is a framebuffer device?</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>3. <A
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HREF="x134.html"
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>What advantages does framebuffer devices have?</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>4. <A
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HREF="x168.html"
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>Using framebuffer devices on x86 platforms</A
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></DT
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><DD
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><DL
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><DT
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>4.1. <A
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HREF="x168.html#AEN170"
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>What is vesafb?</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>4.2. <A
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HREF="x168.html#AEN179"
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>How do I activate the vesafb drivers?</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>4.3. <A
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HREF="x168.html#AEN235"
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>What VESA modes are available to me?</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>4.4. <A
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HREF="x168.html#AEN317"
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>Got a Matrox card?</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>4.5. <A
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HREF="x168.html#AEN361"
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>Got a Permedia card?</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>4.6. <A
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HREF="x168.html#AEN452"
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>Got an ATI card?</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>4.7. <A
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HREF="x168.html#AEN521"
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>Which graphic cards are VESA 2.0 compliant?</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>4.8. <A
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HREF="x168.html#AEN567"
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>Can I compile vesafb as a module?</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>4.9. <A
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HREF="x168.html#AEN570"
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>How do I modify the cursor</A
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></DT
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></DL
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></DD
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><DT
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>5. <A
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HREF="x591.html"
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>Using framebuffer devices on m68k platforms</A
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></DT
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><DD
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><DL
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><DT
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>5.1. <A
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HREF="x591.html#AEN593"
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>Atari platforms</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>5.2. <A
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HREF="x591.html#AEN773"
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>Amiga platforms</A
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></DT
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></DL
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></DD
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><DT
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>6. <A
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HREF="x899.html"
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>Using framebuffer devices on PowerPC platforms</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>7. <A
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HREF="x902.html"
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>Using framebuffer devices on Alpha platforms</A
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></DT
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><DD
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><DL
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><DT
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>7.1. <A
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HREF="x902.html#AEN904"
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>What modes are available?</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>7.2. <A
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HREF="x902.html#AEN907"
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>Which graphic cards can work on Alpha?</A
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></DT
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></DD
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><DT
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>8. <A
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HREF="x914.html"
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>Using framebuffer devices on SPARC platforms</A
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></DT
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><DD
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><DL
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>8.1. <A
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HREF="x914.html#AEN916"
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>Which graphic cards can work on the SPARC</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>8.2. <A
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HREF="x914.html#AEN954"
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>Configuring the framebuffer devices</A
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><DT
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>9. <A
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HREF="x995.html"
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>Using framebuffer devices on MIPS platforms</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>10. <A
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HREF="x998.html"
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>Using framebuffer devices on ARM platforms</A
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></DT
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><DD
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><DL
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>10.1. <A
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HREF="x998.html#AEN1000"
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>Netwinders</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>10.2. <A
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HREF="x998.html#AEN1004"
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>Acorn Archimedes</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>10.3. <A
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HREF="x998.html#AEN1007"
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>Other ARM ports (SA7710s et. al.)</A
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></DT
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></DD
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>11. <A
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HREF="x1010.html"
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>Using multi-headed framebuffers</A
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><DD
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>11.1. <A
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HREF="x1010.html#AEN1013"
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>Introduction</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>11.2. <A
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HREF="x1010.html#AEN1019"
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>Feedback</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>11.3. <A
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HREF="x1010.html#AEN1023"
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>Contributors</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>11.4. <A
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HREF="x1010.html#AEN1033"
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>Standard Disclaimer</A
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><DT
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>11.5. <A
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HREF="x1010.html#AEN1036"
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>Copyright Information</A
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><DT
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>11.6. <A
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HREF="x1010.html#AEN1047"
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>What hardware is supported?</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>11.7. <A
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HREF="x1010.html#AEN1056"
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>Commercial support</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>11.8. <A
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HREF="x1010.html#AEN1059"
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>Getting all the stuff</A
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><DT
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>11.9. <A
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HREF="x1010.html#AEN1078"
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>Getting Started</A
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><DT
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>11.10. <A
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HREF="x1010.html#AEN1124"
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>Summary</A
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><DT
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>11.11. <A
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HREF="x1010.html#AEN1157"
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>Other Notes and Problems</A
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></DT
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>11.12. <A
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HREF="x1010.html#AEN1208"
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>Appendix A. Octave "" script</A
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>11.13. <A
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HREF="x1010.html#AEN1215"
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>Appendix B. Bourne Shell ""
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script</A
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>12. <A
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HREF="x1223.html"
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>Using / Changing Fonts</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>13. <A
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HREF="x1228.html"
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>Changing Console Modes</A
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><DT
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>14. <A
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HREF="x1232.html"
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>Setting up the X11 FBdev driver</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>15. <A
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HREF="x1274.html"
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>How do I convert XFree86 mode-lines into framebuffer device timings?</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>16. <A
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HREF="x1368.html"
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>Changing the Linux Logo</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>17. <A
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HREF="x1375.html"
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>Looking for further information</A
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></DT
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><P
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>Copyright <20> 1999—2010 Alex Buell, GNU Free Documentation Licence (GFPL)</P
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>Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
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document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License,
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Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software
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Foundation. A copy of the licence can be retrieved from <A
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>the Free Software
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Foundation.</A
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