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Author Topic: Any advantage to using xf86 drivers with the current Xvesa (Tinycore5.1)?  (Read 2426 times)

Offline coreplayer2

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I was wondering whether there is any benefit at all to installing any xf86 drivers with the current Xvesa (as shipped with Tinycore-5.1)?

eg:  will Xvesa use xf86-input-synaptics input driver?


Offline curaga

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No, the xf86 drivers are only used by Xorg.
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Offline coreplayer2

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Thanks   8)

Offline coreplayer2

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Ok likewise, does the extension " graphics-3.8.13-tinycore "  have any benefit at all with the current Xvesa?  Or is this ext. only of benefit for use with Xorg?

 

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Xorg needs it for acceleration with the open drivers.

It will actually conflict with Xvesa. However, it's useful with Xfbdev, as then you can use the screen's full resolution framebuffer, and not be limited to Vesa resolutions.
The only barriers that can stop you are the ones you create yourself.

Offline coreplayer2

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That's interesting, thanks curaga for the info


Offline tinypoodle

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In my limited experience, I have not observed any side effects when running Xorg and Xvesa concurrently (on different DISPLAY's).
"Software gets slower faster than hardware gets faster." Niklaus Wirth - A Plea for Lean Software (1995)