Re: fbset

[Danie Roux <droux@tuks.co.za>]

On Thu, Sep 20, 2001 at 12:16:00PM -0400, dman wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 20, 2001 at 03:38:21PM +0200, Danie Roux wrote:
<snip> 
> I know.  I have X4 right now and it works if I boot in "vga" mode.  I
> started looking at the framebuffer stuff when I tried to run quake.
> (See below for more details.)  Actually by "only driver I can use" I
> really meant "only _framebuffer_ driver I can use".
> 
> | Now if someone can help me get more than 10 fps on a voodoo2 in Quake 3
> | I'll be happy!
> 
> What sort of client are you running?  (I don't really know much about
<snip>

Q3 only uses X with DGA and DRI. The only option.

> 
> The other advantages of using the framebuffer is I get the cool Tux
> logo during bootup and I get awesome screen real estate for mutt or
> other console stuff.  The downside is I want 1024x768 for console (so
> the text is big enough) but 1280x1024 in X (so I get lots of space).
> 
> Supposedly X is able to provide hardware acceleration on top of the
> framebuffer (and the framebuffer docs say that apps should be able to)
> but I haven't gotten it to work with my card yet.
> 
> -D
> 
> 

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