> My question: > > Will using the framebuffer (instead of X) make a better environment for > LinuxCNC?
For low spec. computers, not having the overhead of X, is a bonus. You'll also boot faster into linuxcnc. But, you won't be able to run other applications or utilities. And you'll need to write everything from scratch - X's OpenGL is used for the 3d. > ( I am ankle deep in FB programming now and wondering if I should get in deeper or head for higher ground ) I played around with Qt and its option to use the framebuffer as the output device (with the command line option '-platform linuxfb:fb=/dev/fb0'). Theoretically, you can write 1 Qt program that would work with X or FB. That proof of concept worked, but I didn't have time to take it further. Recently I tried to apply the same option with one of the Qt linuxcnc UIs (pyqt?), but they used other parts of X so it would not run (from memory it was IPC libraries; D-bus?) _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
