Stupid Question, but what is the difference/advantage of Direct FB to just Frame Buffer?
Evan On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 12:34:59 +0000, Tim Southerwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 17:43:14 -0800 (PST) > Sergey Melikhov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > G450 > > matrox-crtc2 > > matrox-tv-standard=ntsc > > primary-layer=2 > > fbdev=/dev/fb0 > > no-vt-switch > > graphics-vt > > sync > > Could I just confirm something... > > I'm using a single G550 providing dual head, one monitor for XFree86 and > one monitor is the TV (or would be if I could get this to work)... > > So far I have the matrox kernel modules presenting two framebuffers, > with X in fb0 and fb1 "spare" for media. > > My aim is to run freevo "dumb" (don't care about keyboard input) on fb1 > and leave the rest of the PC useable on fb0 with X, VT switching etc > without disturbing fb1 and freevo > > No problem using mplayer by itself - but using freevo with the fbcon > driver, two things happen: > > 1) It wants to be started from a real VT (not a random X term) - that's > soluble with a suitable inittab > > 2) When I switch VT back to X or anywhere else, any attempt to control > freevo using "freevo remote" will hang freevo waiting for its VT to come > back (I can see that in strace). I know why that happens for typical > usage, but it's irrelevant in my case, as freevo is driving it's own > personal framebuffer. > > Before I go to the trouble of patching the fbcon driver in SDL to not do > VT_ ioctls I was wondering if directfb was more likely to achieve what I > want. > > Thanks for any pointers :) > > Tim > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting > Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time > by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. > Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl > _______________________________________________ > Freevo-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
