Xfce In A Framebuffer

[yosh64]

hey

After recently doing a system upgrade in archlinux, I noticed the following message.

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==> xfce can run on top of a framebuffer. However, for most users it is
==> best to install xorg as an x-server. Please install either xorg-xinit
==> as minimal environment or the xorg meta package.



I thought the devs might be interested, incase they don't already know, as I think this might make for a really fast/light desktop environment for the Pandora .

Anyhows after this upgrade I noticed my system was running much much faster, not sure what it was, I was thinking it might have been the new version of XFCE, but dunno.

cyas

 

[cb88]

what version of xfce is that?

also I think most any GTK app can run with directfb so i wonder if they are using that

 

[Klaus]

what version of xfce is that?

also I think most any GTK app can run with directfb so i wonder if they are using that

Hi there, I checked my pacman.log and the first reference to this appeared during the update from 4.4.1 to 4.4.2 (on xfce-utils)
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[2008-01-02 05:13] NOTE
[2008-01-02 05:13] ----
[2008-01-02 05:13] ==> xfce can run on top of a framebuffer. However, for most users it is
[2008-01-02 05:13] ==> best to install xorg as an x-server. Please install either xorg-xinit
[2008-01-02 05:13] ==> as minimal environment or the xorg meta package.
[2008-01-02 05:13]
[2008-01-02 05:13] pacman -S xorg-xinit
[2008-01-02 05:13] -- or --
[2008-01-02 05:13] pacman -s xorg



The only other reference I could find was an old wiki-entry somewhere, from a guy who ported the panel to the framebuffer and one reference of an linux-fb-port in the Xfc-reference.
If it was quite simple I'm sure google would spit out much more.

 

[yosh64]

hey

I'm using XFCE 4.4.3, didn't notice it with 4.4.2, so dunno.

cyas

 

[cb88]

http://www.directfb.org/wiki/index.php/Xfce4_over_DFB