display-fbdev

Section: GGI (7)
Updated: 2003-04-02
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NAME

display-fbdev : Display using Linux kernel framebuffer devices

SYNOPSIS

display-fbdev: [ [-noinput] | [ [-nokbd] | [-nomouse] ] ] [-novt]
               [-physz=<sizex>,<sizey>[dpi]] [<framebuffer>]

DESCRIPTION

Uses the Linux /dev/fb* devices to do fullscreen graphics.

When using a regular fbdev driver, /etc/fb.modes is used to determine the available modes for the device. Driver timings and resolutions can be automatically obtained when running under KGIcon.

OPTIONS

framebuffer: The filename of the framebuffer target to use. The default is to get it from the FRAMEBUFFER environment, or the framebuffer associated with the current console if that is unset.
-nokbd: Do not open any libraries for keyboard input.
-nomouse: Do not open any libraries for mouse input.
-noinput: Same as both -nokbd and -nomouse.
-novt: Disable virtual console support.
-physz=<sizex>,<sizey>[dpi]: This option will provide a physical screen size for applications which wish to remain resolution independent. sizex,:p:sizey are the x,y size of the screen in millimeters, unless the optional dpi string is affixed, in which case, they represent resolution in dots-per-inch.

FEATURES

•: DirectBuffer always available.
•: Accelerated when using KGIcon or matroxfb.
•: Multiple frames.
•: Panning.