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Back to the kernel

Back to the kernel

Posted Apr 27, 2009 23:59 UTC (Mon) by nix (subscriber, #2304)
In reply to: Back to the kernel by slougi
Parent article: Packard on the state of Linux graphics

Indeed. I'm frankly scared to switch to virtual terminals when X is
running, because of the number of times it's locked up solid, frozen the
console beyond repair, or 'merely' led to huge numbers of running X apps
deciding to explode on return to X.

Bring on kernel modesetting!


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