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jamtat AT mailsnare.net wrote:
> 
> I found a package on the Delilinux ftp server that 
> looks interesting.  It's a mini xserver called "xvesa." 
 
keesan2 AT cyberspace.org wrote:
> 
> There is another small X server there, xfbdev, that 
> needs framebuffer support in the kernel - do we have 
> that and what is it?

BL2 does not have framebuffer support.  It only works
on video cards with VESA 2.  The framebuffer is a method
of direct mapping of video to the screen.  It is faster
than X or SVGAlib.

Cheers,
Steven