[Newbies] cog support for linux framebuffer!

[Bert Freudenberg]

On 06.09.2014, at 12:34, Mayuresh Kathe <mayuresh at kathe.in> wrote:

> hello, would the new 'vm', i.e. cog, support using the linux framebuffer instead of relying on the x windowing system?

It should, yes.

> please take a look at; http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/3484
> it has clear mention about the squeak on linux fb project.
> 
> it would be nice to have squeak run atop the linux kernel directly on resource constrained hardware.

Indeed, and the last time I tried, it worked. Ian's fbdev-driver is in Cog, too:

http://squeakvm.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/squeak/branches/Cog/platforms/unix/vm-display-fbdev/

- Bert -



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