On Fri, 2002-05-24 at 20:11, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Are you aware of the linuxconsole project at > > > linuxconsole.sourceforge.net, looks like this kind of thing is included > > > in thier plans. Stuff is already getting merged into the 2.5 development > > > kernels. > > Hmmm... OK, but this gives us only the VT's, keyboards and mice - the > video problem is the same, isn't it? That is, unless we want to use > the fbdev, losing all acceleration and support for many cards. Or am > I wrong - is there some acceleration in the framebuffer and its X > driver?
Not with the fbdev driver, but acceleration is perfectly possible with framebuffer devices. Some drivers can use a framebuffer device while offering full acceleration. -- Earthling Michel D�nzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
