nanogui: using nano-X and flnx on ARM-linux
Subject:
Re: [nanogui] using nano-X and flnx on ARM-linux
From:
Jordan Crouse ####@####.####
Date:
30 Aug 2001 13:59:10 -0000
Message-Id: <01083007581900.32375@cosmic>
Did Russell King really say these things?
> There are currently a couple of things that I consider completely broken
> in microwindows:
>
> 1. It doesn't know how to setup grayscale displays.
It can set up grayscale displays just fine. In fact, most of the devices
that we use Microwindows on only have grayscale displays.
> 2. It doesn't initialise the framebuffer correctly, and does a nasty
> VT switch hack to perform text-based updates on the display.
It does handle the framebuffer correctly, but they are right - we do a hack
to handle VT switching. But this is mainly because nobody can decide how
they want to handle the VT switching in the framebuffer drivers. I'm sure a
decision will be made before 2.5, but until then, its everyone for
themselves. IMHO we handle VT switching much better than X11 does.
Jordan
On Thursday 30 August 2001 07:48, Ashim Prasad mentioned:
> Hi,
>
> We are using nano-X and flnx to develop applications on ARM-linux.
> Message below was posted in arm-linux mailing list. Can someone
> explain in more details about the problems mentioned below. Also
> are there patches available for these problems?
>
> Thanks in advance
> Ashim
>
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> Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 17:02:22 +0100
> From: Russell King - ARM Linux ####@####.####
> To: Duncan Palmer ####@####.####
> Cc: Roland Seuhs ####@####.#### ####@####.####
> Subject: Re: Which graphics library/system to use?
>
> On Tue, Aug 28, 2001 at 04:42:05PM +0100, Duncan Palmer wrote:
> > We're using microwindows (www.microwindows.org) for our graphics
> > library, and the flnx (fltk ported to microwindows - www.fltk.org and
> > www.microwindows.org for the ported version) gui toolkit.
>
>
> I'm not currently interested in fixing these problems in microwindows;
> there's enough work going in with kernels to keep me fully occupied at
> the moment.
>
> I have produced code snippets to fix (2) in the past - search the list
> archive.
>
>
>
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