nanogui@linuxhacker.org

Subject: Re: resolution and color depth?
From: Kyle Harris
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 20:22:54 -0500


> >> Absolutely.. Opera Web-browser was initially developed at 1280x1024
> >>
> >>
> >Was nanogui running on a framebuffer for this application? If so, which
> >one?
> >Does the browser use Nano-X or Microwindows API (or something else)?
>
>
> Nano-X API.  It was using regular framebuffer.
> ( I like it simple =)

Please excuse my ignorance, but what do you mean by a regular framebuffer?
I'm running on an Intel machine and it seems my only choice is vga16fb. Do
you use fbset to control the resolution and color depth for the fb?

Kyle.