Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 20 Dec 2003 22:58:48 +0100 | Subject | Re: 2.6-test11 framebuffer Matrox | From | Helge Hafting <> |
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On Sat, Dec 20, 2003 at 02:36:49AM -0500, Ed Sweetman wrote: > > But, what's really the point in using X with matroxfb? In my case, the point is to run two instances of X, one on each of the two framebuffers. I can then have two simultaneous users, each using one of the two framebuffers. Two pc's in one!
> You lose half > your memory off the bat that X cannot access and you get no added > performance or anything. Another X accesses the other memory :-)
> It really does not seem worth it. Use > matroxfb if you need to do fb stuff in a console without X. Otherwise, > stick to just plain console and X and forget about matroxfb.
Sure - for single-user setups.
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