where the XFree86 xserver opening the framebuffer device..????

2005-12-23 Thread romel dutta
hii everyone..
here, i want some serious help...
i m trying to use XFree86 xserver for
framebufferbut i m unable to find the place from
where it's opening the fb device.i want it to put some
of my codes in order to grab the frames ...,wht i
found from /var/log/XFree86.0.log
is tht it's going inside
/build/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86 directory..bt,WHR
it's opening the fb device is still unknown to me..i
doubt it's from fbdevhw.c in
build/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/fbdevhw ,bt not
sure..
can,any1 plzz help me get the hook..!!!
thanks in advance...
cheers
romel

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Re: where the XFree86 xserver opening the framebuffer device..????

2005-12-23 Thread Tim Roberts

romel dutta wrote:


hii everyone..
here, i want some serious help...
i m trying to use XFree86 xserver for
framebufferbut i m unable to find the place from
where it's opening the fb device.i want it to put some
of my codes in order to grab the frames ...,wht i
found from /var/log/XFree86.0.log
is tht it's going inside
/build/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86 directory..bt,WHR
it's opening the fb device is still unknown to me..i
doubt it's from fbdevhw.c in
build/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/fbdevhw ,bt not
sure..
can,any1 plzz help me get the hook..!!!



Which driver?  Many of the drivers don't use /dev/fb at all.  They 
access the hardware directly.


You can grab frames without writing any code at all.  That's what the 
xwd tool is for.


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Tim Roberts, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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