Re: Learning About Hurd Graphic Interfaces

Samuel Thibault <[email protected]> Sun, 18 Oct 2020 11:24:54 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.os.hurd.general
Organization I am not organized
Message-ID <20201018092454.geb5jdukpxi676tq@function>
Hello,

TheFlameParadox, le dim. 18 oct. 2020 02:58:00 +0200, a ecrit:
> Had i to access a translator using a file system node that manage the video
> cards ? Or maybe there isn't any video card manager translator and i have to
> access directly to the graphic card memory using a generic device access
> translator ?

There isn't any manager yet. You can however use libpciaccess to drive
the card natively, like Xorg does.

But I'd say rather write your application as an X client that requests
fullscreen mode from the window manager, that will be much more simple
and portable.

Samuel