changing to frame buffers

[Charles Hallenbeck]

Hmmm... I want to configure X on my system. Last time I tried it
I ran into three obstacles (besides the access one): I did not
know the specs of my video card, I did not know the specs of my
monitor, and it told me I needed to be using frame buffers.  I
have the data I need for the first two obstacles, which leaves me
with the frame buffer thing.  Maybe I better look further into
that.
Chuck


On 11 Jan 2002, Kirk Reiser wrote:

> Hi Chuck:  I can't answer your question directly about the frame
> buffer thing in slackware but I'm curious to know why you want to use
> frame buffers?  I just saw a note from Linus last week where he
> mentioned that no sane person should use frame buffers unless they
> needed them for video card support.  If it is to get extended video
> you can do that without frame buffer support by including video
> selection support when you compile the kernel and then placing a
> vga=extended line in your lilo.conf file.
>
>   Kirk
>
>

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