I read:
"It even does not run well on my system any more while 
the system still runs well in the framebuffer. 
....you should run it without X in the framebuffer."

How do I get a framebuffer [display presumably], 
preferably under FC1.

I guess I'd first get to 'VT mode' ?
I've got plenty of /dev/fb* .

Will the framebuffer look something like a terminal
in X, with a promptLine & cursor, where I can just 
enter the command ?

 Thanks for any info.

== Chris Glur.

news@absamail.co.za wrote:
> How do I get a framebuffer [display presumably],
> preferably under FC1.
>

You probably run FC in runlevel 5 which boots into GUI mode
automatically (I don't know if you have autologin too, do you enter
your password each time?). If you change to runlevel 3 it will boot
into console mode aka CLI the command line interface. I think you can
change the runlevel as root/admin, in one of the 'Control Centers' in
either KDE or GNOME.

> I guess I'd first get to 'VT mode' ?

>From X you can hit Ctl-Alt-F1 through F7 to get to a VT, without
rebooting the system. You might want to get comfortable with it. THis
way you can always switch to X, I think using Ctl-Alt-F8 on up ( I dont
start too many VTs on this lo-specced laptop).

> Will the framebuffer look something like a terminal
> in X, with a promptLine & cursor, where I can just
> enter the command ?
Exactly. I even put nice backgrounds on my 4 VTs using the splash
command, but that's a story/HOWTO for another time =) .

In article <sIqdnXdIzcs5kEDenZ2dnUVZ_tydnZ2d@is.co.za>,
	news@absamail.co.za writes:
> 
> I read:
> "It even does not run well on my system any more while 
> the system still runs well in the framebuffer. 
> ...you should run it without X in the framebuffer."
> 
> How do I get a framebuffer [display presumably], 
> preferably under FC1.
> 
> I guess I'd first get to 'VT mode' ?
> I've got plenty of /dev/fb* .
> 
> Will the framebuffer look something like a terminal
> in X, with a promptLine & cursor, where I can just 
> enter the command ?

I wrote a piece about this a while ago for Linux Magazine in the "Guru
Guidance" column. Check http://www.linux-mag.com and search on
"framebuffer". This will return several hits; the relevant ones are near
the bottom of the list, for the January 2005 issue. They seem to be
requiring registration now to read the online content, so I can't provide
a direct link.

-- 
Rod Smith, rodsmith@rodsbooks.com
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux, FreeBSD, and networking