From: Jeremy Abbott <jkbullfrog@comcast.net>
To: "Mukund JB." <mukundjb@esntechnologies.co.in>,
linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Linux Display silly question
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 18:54:55 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4241BB7F.2000001@comcast.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4EE0CBA31942E547B99B3D4BFAB348113F4FA1@mail.esn.co.in>
Mukund JB. wrote:
>Hi all,
>Hi all,
>
>I am very new to the GUI thing. I don't know how it works.
>I just have base Linux kernel running on an EBD9312 ARM Embedded Board
>with Linux Prompt working & no display.
>
>Now, I want to provide GUI support to the existing Linux. Now I just
>want to know are there any kernel modules that the kernel should have to
>support the GUI?
>The framebuffer driver is already active. I have NO X server on the
>machine because of memory constraints.
>
>I have gone through a lot of Maillists which say I need to some GUI
>Library or tools like
>
> GtkFB - does NOT use X11
> Qt/Embedded - Direct Framebuffer access and so on.
>
>I have a very basic doubt here. I mean how I can launch the GUI
>Application when there is no UI (NO X server).
>I think there will be an intermediate desktop like thing which I am
>missing from where I can launch my application. Is there any thing like
>that for an ARM embedded system.
>
>Please help to understand this?
>
>Regards,
>Mukund jampala
>
>
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I dunno if this will help since I am not sure of the memory usage, but
there is an alternative to X that is in its infant stages.
http://www.y-windows.org/
Jeremy Abbott
jkbullfrog@comcast.net
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-03-23 18:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-03-23 12:39 Linux Display silly question Mukund JB.
2005-03-23 14:19 ` Eric Bambach
2005-03-23 18:54 ` Jeremy Abbott [this message]
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2005-03-23 12:56 Linux Display silly Question Rhys Hardwick
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