[debian-devel:11834] Re: [CVS] `br_woody_exp' created, I'm a GNU rewrite the Makefiles.

[Taketoshi Sano <kgh12351@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

佐野＠浜松です。

 debian-boot ML より woody 向け boot-floppies のブランチに
関する話題。

Ben C. は bogl (frame buffer device 用 window library) または
それ系のものを使うべき (インストーラに X は不要) と考えている
みたいですね。

In article <20000304222146.E532@xxxxxxxx>,
  at Sat, 4 Mar 2000 22:21:46 -0500,
    on Re: [CVS] `br_woody_exp' created, I'm a GNU rewrite the Makefiles.,
 Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org> writes:

> >  Oh.  Does the fb X server work on all architectures where a frame
> >  buffer works?
> > 
> >  On the i386, at least on this machine, the vesa framebuffer is really
> >  lousy.  The vertical refresh rate is right around 60Hz, and that's so
> >  flickery I get headaches in less than an hour at it.  (It would be
> >  worse in flourescent lighting.)
> 
> No, it will probably not work on sparc. I am not suggesting to use a
> framebuffer X server. I am suggesting to use a framebuffer library to
> directly use the fb device. This will be smaller, faster, and less
> overhead to maintain than an X install.
> 
> The code in boot-floppies CVS for bogl seems to be headed in the right
> direction. Write a small windowing library for fb, merge it with the
> dialog style we have now, then dbootstrap would init() that library (which
> could check whether it is possible to use fb, or revert to dialog, or
> force an option via boot command line). After that, each call to the
> library would be handled by it, and dbootstrap can be ignorant of all of
> it. Heck, even debconf could have a backend for it, to make it all
> seemless.
> 
> Ben

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