X on tty1 in Rawhide/F10

Dax Kelson dkelson at gurulabs.com
Wed Oct 29 19:01:11 UTC 2008


On Wed, 2008-10-29 at 08:55 -0700, Jesse Keating wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-10-29 at 10:57 +0100, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
> > Shouldn't be a big deal though, if plymouth does that vt
> > switch right after KMS entered graphics mode and before printing
> > anything on the screen it should went unnoticed.
> 
> Good explanation, except that KMS only works for a very limited set of
> ATI graphics cards, and nowhere else.
> 

Jesse,

While that is the current state, it isn't the final state. The goal is
have KMS eventually work on all/nearly all cards. Don't dismiss Gerd's
suggestion based on the current state.

Dax Kelson
Guru Labs




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