On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 3:00 PM, William wrote: >. First, no Penguins!
I have an ATI video card as well. I did a lot of trying to look up information on framebuffer, KMS, etc. From my understanding, you don't see penguins if you're in framebuffer mode. When Kernel Mode Setting (KMS) is active (in Grub or Lilo), it sets up the resolution so you don't see flashes (or resolution changes) when switching between say console/terminal mode and a GUI. You also typically have a horrible looking high resolution default screen (with very small font) if you don't log directly into X and want to work directly in a terminal mode. There's a large Terminus font ( http://terminus-font.sourceforge.net/ ) that helps with readability in that mode, but still doesn't look as pretty as when KMS is off. However, with the higher resolution (KMS on), you can run programs in Framebuffer mode including any SDL based programs if SDL is built using DirectFB or Framebuffer support. You don't need to start X to run them. Programs like the links web browser use Framebuffer to display graphics in a terminal outside of X Windows. So, in short, if you don't see a penguin and your system is on, KMS is probably set and framebuffer is working. I did find a way to add penguins to my login though. Sincerely, Laura -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
