Aggelos schreef: > Is it possible to have framebuffer on console with the ATI RV280 > graphics card, while also getting 3D hardware acceleration when > switching to X? I am asking this because according to > <http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_ATI_Drivers> we must remove Support for > framebuffer devices from the kernel. Aggelos.
Looks like you didn't read the entry thoroughly; this quote is below the screenshot of the kernel config specifying no framebuffer support: "I have a Radeon 9500/9600 (not sure which) in a Dell Inspiron 8600 and was able to compile support for the framebuffer devices. I used the vesa-tng framebuffer device for getting fbsplash to work. I am running kernel 2.6.14-gentoo-r2. The program 'fglrxinfo' reports that I am getting 3D hardware acceleration." I myself have a 9800SE, and also use vesa-tng for fbsplash. Both fbsplash/framebuffer and fglrx work fine; aside from the fb console background, I can even play mplayer videos in the getty console, which is also a framebuffer operation as far as I know. I have heard that enabling the radeon framebuffer is a bad idea, though (it doesn't work well with the fglrx drivers). But stick to vesa or vesa-tng, and you should have no problems. I haven't, from 2.6.13 kernels up to my current (2.6.15-r7), and with fglrx versions from 8.8.whatever to my current 8.22.5. Hope this helps. Holly -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
