framebuffer mode on laptops

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Fri, Jan 27, 2006 at 12:58:44PM -0500, bassix-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org wrote:
> Can someone tell me what framebuffer mode is, and is it necessary for
> running on laptops?

So no it isn't necesary.  In some cases it actually makes the laptop
unusable.  The framebuffer allows more text on the text console, and
allows some programs to do graphics on the console too (w3m for
example).  It can also interfere with running X on many video chips,
although certainly not all.  You can also run X on the framebuffer
device which of course solves the compatibility problem between the two,
at the expense of almost always making X run much slower than it would
with a native driver for the video chip.

Len Sorensen
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