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

From: James Simmons (jsimmons@infradead.org)
Date: Thu Dec 05 2002 - 15:37:08 EST


> > 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.

> > 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.

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