Albert Hopkins <mar...@letterboxes.org> writes: > On Sunday, July 3 at 22:07 (-0500), Harry Putnam said: >> this is a no X machine... it appears at the cited URL they expect you >> to be running xorg. > > KMS doesn't require X, but Xorg can use it. Basically Xorg can let the > kernel handle graphics mode setting and gets out of the way. > > But KMS doesn't require X. The link I provided shows how to enable KMS. > it just happens to be in part of the Xorg docs. >
Are you saying it does not require `xorg-x11'. Step 2) says in large type: `2. Installing Xorg' Then a big note in a green box later on says: ,---- | Note: You could install the xorg-x11 metapackage instead of the more | lightweight xorg-server. Functionally, xorg-x11 and xorg-server are | the same. However, xorg-x11 brings in many more packages that you | probably don't need, such as a huge assortment of fonts in many | different languages. They're not necessary for a working desktop. `---- So I'm a little confused. ------- --------- ---=--- --------- -------- The way I've been doing this only required `vesa' or `uvesa' and some special kernel line stuff. None of the X related stuff is necessary. >From covici's post... I think I may need to say uvesa where I've been saying vesa. I'm going to try that some time today. Its already enabled in my kernel
