Hi all!
I just discovered DirectFB and was wondering about its possibilities.
I read some of the documentation, but since I wasn't able to answer
all of my questions, I'd like to ask them to the list. Here is what my
project is: as part of a course of embedded systems, I have to port
Complexification: Substrate (http://www.complexification.net/gallery/machines/substrate/index.php
, which you may know from its port as an xscreensaver), to the
platform of my choice. The final goal is to have a 22" screen which
would only display the animation resulting from the algorithm. I got
my hands on a EEEPC701 for little money and would like to use it as
the platform. To save some resources, I planned on using the
framebuffer and not XServer, and I'm now looking for a library to use.
Before starting the development using DirectFB, I'd like to be sure
that it will do the job, hence my questions.
* The EEEPC701 is a netbook. As such, the VGA output is the external
output. There is a key on the keyboard to switch from the integrated
7" screen to the VGA output, but I'd like the system to detect the
presence of that other external screen and switch to it automatically.
Can DirectFB do such a thing ?
* The 7" screen is 800x480 whereas the external screen is 1680x1050.
Using "hwinfo --framebuffer", I saw that the max resolution my card
supports is 1280x1024. Is this really the max resolution ? Or will I
be able to switch to 1680x1024 using DirectFB after the boot ? And
therefore, won't asking for vga=0x### at boot block any further change
in resolution ?
Thanks in advance,
--
Jérémy
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