> -----Original Message----- > From: Till Adam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > # Quoting "Beerse, Corni" ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > For unix variants (including some linux distro's) using a > proper framebuffer > > device, you can also look at > http://www.hexonet.de/software/x0rfbserver/. > > Corni, could you please acknowledge the fact that the > framebuffer device > has nothing to do with x0rfbserver? Do you not believe me, > ignore me, or > what's the problem here? If, as I suspect, we mean different things by > "framebuffer device", maybe you could express more clearly what you > mean. >
In general, a framebuffer can be seen as the video memory of a video adapter. (this is a verry rough descriptoin). ON various unix workstations, like Sun Sparc Stations and HP-UX workstations, this framebuffer is accessable as a device in /dev/fb (or /dev/fb0 or variants). These devices are available on newer linux too but most distributions have not activated it by default. As far as I know, the x0rfbserver is grabbing /dev/fb or such, not depending on any Xserver actually running there so it should be possible to grab a text console that uses the framebuffer. Please can someone correct me on this if I'm wrong. CBee _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
