Re: Woody & XFree86: no screens found
On Tue, 27 Nov 2001 18:20:06 -0500
Brian Clark <brianj@fusionwerks.com> wrote:
> Hi Eric,
>
> @ 2:47:27 AM on 11/27/2001, Eric G. Miller wrote:
>
> >> Option "UseFBDev" "true"
>
> > Do you really want to use the framebuffer device? And, if so does
> > your current kernel have framebuffer support compiled in?
>
> No, I don't have that in my kernel, but I think I'm going to get/build
> it into it though. Temporarily turning off UseFBDev fixed it.
> Beautiful.
Generally you'll see a degradation in performance if you
use the FBDev for X (not console) as it is not accellerated. For
some, it is the only possibility for running X...
--
Eric G. Miller <egm2@jps.net>
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