Chris Hodapp wrote:
>I can't exactly figure out what to do with XDirectFB though. So, simply, I'm asking
>how
>to install it and use it as an interface.
>
>Are my current ideas horribly wrong about what DirectFB is - is it just a programming
>and graphics library, or is it an entire interface (at least with a WM on top)? If
>not, I'm wondering how you made all the screenshots.
>
DirectFB is a library which gives you access to the framebuffer device
on your video card if you built support for it into your kernel. On its
own it won't give you anything. XDirectFB is an implementation of an
Xserver that uses DirectFB to display stuff. You can use XDirectFB to
display window managers et al. There is also the GTK port for DirectFB.
If you use this you can build GTK applications and link them against it
to allow you to display GTK apps without X.
Anyway, to install it you'll need to set up your frame-buffer device.
For me this meant putting this into /etc/lilo.conf and running lilo:
append="video=vesa:ywrap,mtrr"
vga=791
and then running XDirectFB, which I do like this:
/usr/local/X11R6/bin/XDirectFB -defaultOpacity 230 -unfocusedOpacity 150
-s 10 +bs :1 & sleep 1 && DISPLAY=:1 nice -n 10 wmaker
which is not the neatest way to do it, but it works.
HTH
James.
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