Actually, fbdev is a driver for X 4.x, so if you have /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86
and /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/modules/drivers/fbdev.o (or similar... I have to
double-check that), it should work. I have no experience with setting it up
(I've done 3.3.6's XF86_FBDev once, and that took some serious
voodoo-fried-chicken-with-almonds hacking, using matroxfb, though.), so you
might wanna see if there are any fbdev mages around.
Failing this, you could do what I often do: use X, with a metric ton of
terms open (I use wterm or aterm usually, since xterm is, well, xterm ;-)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Oliver Scholz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2001 1:48 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [Newbie]total system-crash (conflict with VESA Fb?)
>
>
> "Sprague, IT3" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Ok, yes there is an X server that uses fbdev, but it's not
> Xvfb (this uses a
> > *virtual* framebuffer, which provides absolutely no
> output... It's pretty
> > much a dummy server). The fbdev driver is what you're looking for.
>
> Aah, thank you, that explains why I was not able to set Xvfb to work
> ... :-)
>
> > And yes,
> > it is slow, but since you said you rarely use X, it's
> probably not a big
> > deal.
>
> Yes, I think, I will use fbdev. Since it is not already in my
> /usr/X11-tree, I will have to recompile X, right?
>
> Do you think that conflict between Kernel VESA-FB and X worth a bug
> report?
>
> (BTW: evidences acumulate. As stated before I have deactivated the
> kernel fb for testing purposes. Now I'm working on X for
> several hours,
> while running two instances of X on different ttys, changing
> to and fro
> between them and the text console very often. To put even the
> processor under stress I have a compile running all the time. Well,
> the processor cooler runs all the time, but no crashes.)
>
> [...]
>
>
> --oliver
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