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From: Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: blank consoles after X starts
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:28:36
Message-Id: g6la4q$6jl$1@ger.gmane.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: blank consoles after X starts by "Jorge Martínez López"
1 Jorge Martínez López wrote:
2 > uvesafb was working perfectly for me, without any delays at boot. It
3 > has been included in the mainline kernel and it seems to be "The Way
4 > to Go" (TM).
5
6 I stumbled upon a new development on X.Org: Kernel Mode Setting. I
7 think that "The Way to Go" will be using the same driver for the
8 framebuffer console as well as X.
9
10 http://www.x.org/wiki/ModeSetting
11 http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=kernel_modesetting&num=1
12
13 Hopefully we'll see this sooner rather than later. It would mean 100%
14 thorough and *instant* VT switching.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: blank consoles after X starts "Jorge Martínez López" <jorgeml@×××××.com>