Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] Changing modes

[Geert U. <ge...@li...>]

On Wed, 20 Jun 2001, David T Eger wrote:
> I'm currently implementing xxx_decode_var().  My assumptions (correct me if
> I am wrong!) are that the par and info fields have been filled out.  I find
> it sort of curious that the VISUAL type is in info and not var.  Is it
> expected that you cannot change the VISUAL setting (that is truecolor vs
> palettized) at runtime?

The visual is in fix because it cannot be set explicitly by an application. But
it can change, depending on the settings of var.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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