On Fri, Mar 04, 2005 at 05:19:08PM +0530, Mukund JB. wrote: > What is a graphical console? > > Is it the ATL+CNTL+F7? No. X usually runs at virtual console 7 (though you can tell it to use any virtual console), but that's not a graphical console. > Is it the terminal (Right clink & New Terminal) we open in GUI MODE? No, that's just a terminal emulator. A normal console leaves the VGA card in text mode (usually 80x25) and let the card do the character rendering in hardware. A graphical console puts the card in graphics mode (1024x768, for example) and does the character rendering in the kernel. Erik -- Erik Mouw J.A.K.Mouw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx mouw@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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