On Sam, 2003-03-01 at 02:27, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 10:04:53PM +0100, Michel D?nzer wrote: > > > Uh, so it sounds like you're telling me that /proc/fb is essentially > > > useless for autoconfiguring the X server. > > > > > > 1) /proc/fb reporting something doesn't mean you can just switch on > > > "UseFBDev", because that won't work with "generic [kernel] drivers" > > > > I do think parsing /proc/fb to determine this is feasible, we just need > > to gather enough data. > > Well, why don't you get me started with some, and we can add more as > time goes by?
Here's some OFfb output: 0 OFfb /[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ATY,[EMAIL PROTECTED]/AT And vesafb: 0 VESA VGA These look easy. :) I think these are the most common generic framebuffer devices, then there's also vga{16,256}fb but I doubt they are widely used. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast