[SDL] Can SDL run without X?

[Vassilis Virvilis]

shamju joseph wrote:
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> Is fbdev the xfree86 driver for framebuffer? If there
> is no X, how come fbdev driver available? Can SDL work
> on framebuffer device /dev/fb0 directly? I have fb0
> available in  my system, but how I enable fbdev or
> check its availability?
> 

$>fbset -i
This should print your current framebuffer settings,
or it will complain if not.

If you have /dev/fb0 and udev chances are you have
framebuffer support. Try to run testsprite from
the SDL distribution in the linux console. If you
still can't make SDL display anything try
the SDL environments variables.

Be prepared for several reboots if you don't have
a networked second machine so you can bring the
graphics in a sane state after trials. Other
staff that may help you get your console back
are mode3, SVGATextmode.


       .bill