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diff --git a/system/fbterm/README b/system/fbterm/README index d9d09374ff971..3a82f40f73219 100644 --- a/system/fbterm/README +++ b/system/fbterm/README @@ -1,8 +1,19 @@ -FbTerm is a fast terminal emulator for linux with frame buffer device -or VESA video card. +FbTerm is a fast terminal emulator for linux with the frame buffer device +or a VESA video card. -* If you want to use shortcuts under FbTerm as a normal user, see - the SECURITY NOTES section of the man page for solution. +fbterm supports the mouse (provided gpm is running) and is able to +share the console with (some) other applications, such as "mplayer -vo +fbdev2". It also uses the same fonts as X, and renders them with lovely +antialiasing like modern X terminals. fbterm has *much* better Unicode +support than the plain Linux framebuffer console. -* To enable FbTerm to redirect /dev/tty0 output to the pseudo terminal - of current sub-window, see the same man page as above. +Also included is a handy utility called checkfb, which simply checks +for the presence and usability of the framebuffer device, and shows its +resolution and bit depth. + +This package uses POSIX filesystem capabilities to execute with +elevated privileges (required for keyboard shortcuts and console +redirection). This may be considered a security risk. Please read +http://www.slackbuilds.org/caps/ for more information. To disable +capabilities, pass SETCAP=no to the script. See also the SECURITY +NOTES section in the fbterm man page. |