Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] [PATCH] FBDev: vga16fb port

[Sven L. <lu...@dp...>]

On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 08:37:08PM +0000, James Simmons wrote:
> 
> > > Not really. When X closes /dev/fb then fb_release is called which if the 
> > 
> > That supposes X is fbdev aware (either using the fbdev driver or the
> > UseFBDev option), right ? What if X knows nothing about fbdev, it will
> > try restoring stuff as if it was in text mode.
> 
> That is what X will try. 

Mmm, is it enough for X to just save/restore the registers it modifies ?

Also, i suppose if i am comming from fbdev, what X saves or restores
does not really count, since fbdev knows what relevant thing to save.

Still i sense that there may be some issues involved here, especially
if you switch from text mode to fbdev or between fbdevs while not in X.

> > >     X on VESA fb always foobars my system when I exit X.
> > 
> > With which driver ? (i am happily running the vesa X driver on top of
> > vesafb without problems).
> 
> G400 X server 4.0.2 ontop of VESA framebuffer.

And i suppose the VESA driver will work, right ?

Friendly,

Sven Luther