Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] [PATCH] FBDev: vga16fb port

[James Simmons]

> > Not really. When X closes /dev/fb then fb_release is called which if the 
> 
> That supposes X is fbdev aware (either using the fbdev driver or the
> UseFBDev option), right ? What if X knows nothing about fbdev, it will
> try restoring stuff as if it was in text mode.

That is what X will try. 

> >     X on VESA fb always foobars my system when I exit X.
> 
> With which driver ? (i am happily running the vesa X driver on top of
> vesafb without problems).

G400 X server 4.0.2 ontop of VESA framebuffer.