[gentoo-user] Re: about boot with framebuffer

[Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@arcor.de>]

On 07/04/2011 09:10 PM, Harry Putnam wrote:
> Albert Hopkins<marduk@letterboxes.org>  writes:
>> On Sunday, July 3 at 22:07 (-0500), Harry Putnam said:
>>> this is a no X machine... it appears at the cited URL they expect you
>>> to be running xorg.
>>
>> KMS doesn't require X, but Xorg can use it.  Basically Xorg can let the
>> kernel handle graphics mode setting and gets out of the way.
>
> Are you saying it does not require `xorg-x11'.
>
> Step 2) says in large type:
>     `2.  Installing Xorg'
>
> Then a big note in a green box later on says:
>
> ,----
> | Note: You could install the xorg-x11 metapackage instead of the more
> | lightweight xorg-server. Functionally, xorg-x11 and xorg-server are
> | the same. However, xorg-x11 brings in many more packages that you
> | probably don't need, such as a huge assortment of fonts in many
> | different languages. They're not necessary for a working desktop.
> `----
>
> So I'm a little confused.

The guide deals with how to make X.Org use KMS.  That does not mean that 
KMS requires X.  For your X-less machine, all you need to do is enable 
the driver for your card in the kernel config, and make sure to also 
enable KMS.  You need to disable the VESA/uvesafb drivers to avoid 
conflicts.

What graphics card do you have, btw?