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  • Alex Buell, author of Framebuffer HOWTO

    From Anton Shepelev@21:1/5 to All on Mon Dec 19 23:34:32 2022
    Hello, all

    Having failed to configure the framebuffer on my antiX Linux, and
    finding the classic Framebuffer HOWTO by Alex Buell rather obsolete:

    https://tldp.org/HOWTO/Framebuffer-HOWTO/index.html

    I wrote to Alex with a request to update it for the new decade, but
    my e-mail was bounced. If Alex is reading this, or anybody knows
    his current contacts, please let me know.

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  • From Anton Shepelev@21:1/5 to All on Tue Dec 20 11:22:08 2022
    I wrote:

    Having failed to configure the framebuffer on my antiX
    Linux, and finding the classic Framebuffer HOWTO by Alex
    Buell rather obsolete:

    The putting of Alex's name in the subject was a grave
    blunder on my part, which I realised only upon seening the
    posted article. Please, remove his name from the subject in
    your follow-ups.

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  • From Anton Shepelev@21:1/5 to All on Tue Dec 20 13:04:19 2022
    Andy Burns:

    Maybe just describe your problem, and see what anyone
    suggests?

    I will ceratainly do so in another thread, in default of
    help from the antiX Linux community. I know it is impolite
    towards others and somewhat straining for oneself to discuss
    a problem simultaneosly in various communication mediums.

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  • From Andy Burns@21:1/5 to Anton Shepelev on Tue Dec 20 09:57:36 2022
    Anton Shepelev wrote:

    was a grave blunder on my part, which I realised only upon seening the posted article.

    Maybe just describe your problem, and see what anyone suggests?

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  • From Theo@21:1/5 to Anton Shepelev on Tue Dec 20 11:12:15 2022
    Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@g{oogle}mail.com> wrote:
    Andy Burns:

    Maybe just describe your problem, and see what anyone
    suggests?

    I will ceratainly do so in another thread, in default of
    help from the antiX Linux community. I know it is impolite
    towards others and somewhat straining for oneself to discuss
    a problem simultaneosly in various communication mediums.

    Linux framebuffer support is gradually being removed, being replaced by using DRM (GPU drivers):

    https://www.phoronix.com/news/Remove-UDL-FBDEV-Driver

    If you don't want to use X, you could look at using something like SDL2,
    which can use KMS and DRM as a backend. KMS is the part that sets up
    the fullscreen display (including picking resolution etc).

    Theo

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