Slow X framebuffer device in Compaq Armada M700
Hi,
I'm using Compaq Armada M700 with framebuffer device (standard linux
VESA module). Framebuffer was used mainly to get a fancy boot logo as
well as 128x48 screen resolution in text mode. For a while I was using X
server (old 3.x.x) version for Mach64, which was quite fast, but I hed
problems with switching into text mode (the screen got scrambled because
server couldn't switch back into text mode). Now, when I'm using X
framebuffer, coming back to text mode is ok, but... the server is
painstakingly slow!
I tried to improve the speed with other linux kernel framebuffer
devices. I tried both ATI Mach64 and Rage128 framebuffer - none of them
seem to work for my laptop (ATI Mobility Rage Pro AGP 8MB RAM).
What are my options? Should I come back to XF86_Mach64? What about new
version (>4.x.x) of X - is framebuffer any better?
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Lukasz
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