Who develops and supports the XF68_FBDev X server?

Who develops and supports the XF68_FBDev X server?

[Patrick Callahan]

In  http://www.xfree.org/FAQ/#SectionF

"If you are running a recent 2.1.x version of Linux, you can also use
the vesafb driver and the XF68_FBDev server. These are not supported by
XFree86, so don't ask us about any problems you may have using them. "

Who does support XF68_FBDev server?


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Re: Who develops and supports the XF68_FBDev X server?

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Wed, 6 Oct 1999, Patrick Callahan wrote:
> In  http://www.xfree.org/FAQ/#SectionF
> 
> "If you are running a recent 2.1.x version of Linux, you can also use
> the vesafb driver and the XF68_FBDev server. These are not supported by
> XFree86, so don't ask us about any problems you may have using them. "
> 
> Who does support XF68_FBDev server?

Me (more or less).

Note that vesafb works on ia32 only. But on PPC we have lots of real frame
buffer devices.

Greetings,

						Geert

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Re: Who develops and supports the XF68_FBDev X server?

[Michael Schmitz]

> > Who does support XF68_FBDev server?
> 
> Me (more or less).

That's what I thought - but I had the strange notion the fbdev server
was supported by xfree? 

	Michael

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Re: Who develops and supports the XF68_FBDev X server?

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Thu, 7 Oct 1999, Michael Schmitz wrote:
> > > Who does support XF68_FBDev server?
> > 
> > Me (more or less).
> 
> That's what I thought - but I had the strange notion the fbdev server
> was supported by xfree? 

I hope it will. For 4.0, that sounds logical, since `fbdev' will be just
another probe type like `vga'.

I guess they put the `unsupported' in the FAQ to avoid being flooded with
people trying to change video modes with vesafb. BTW, the same `support
problem' applies to offb on PPC :-)

Greetings,

						Geert

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