[Oberon] X11 vs. /dev/fb0 for OLR.

Peter Matthias PeterMatthias at web.de
Tue Mar 22 18:25:17 CET 2016



Am 22.03.2016 um 05:37 schrieb peter at easthope.ca:
> Peter's document for OLR mentions /dev/fb0 as alternative
> to X11.  What determines which is used?  fb is the automatic
> fallback?  Is a configuration involved?

olr detects where it's started from. On a real terminal it uses 
frambuffer, on x-terminal it uses X11. Detection can be overwritten by 
environment variable TERM. TERM=linux id fb, TERM=xterm is X11. For 
framebuffer, you should be member of groups video and input.

Peter


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