Re: kill -9 <pid of X>

Geert Uytterhoeven (Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be)
Wed, 19 Aug 1998 01:32:53 +0200 (CEST)

On Tue, 18 Aug 1998, Jon M. Taylor wrote:
> > > > > isn't this what vgafb did?
> > > >
> > > > Vgafb is VGA _text_ only.
> > >
> > > ??? Now I am really confused. So what is the difference between vgafb
> > > and vgacon?
> >
> > Vgacon is an abstract console driver, vgafb is a frame buffer device. Vgacon is
> > on the same level as fbcon, while vgafb runs under fbcon.
>
> Ah, I see. Is vgacon the old (pre-fbcon) VGA console system?

Not really. Vgacon is a VGA text console driver on top of the abstract console.
<linux/console.h>.

Enough discussion. Time to go to bed :-)

Greetings,

Geert

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Geert Uytterhoeven                     Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be
Wavelets, Linux/{m68k~Amiga,PPC~CHRP}  http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~geert/
Department of Computer Science -- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven -- Belgium




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