Other Help Topics :: FrameBuffer Driver

In order to install a framebuffer driver do I need to recompile the kernal? I'm a bit of a newbie and have installed DSL on a WinTerm thin client device. I'd like to keep it thin and not have to load X. But want to write a program to display JPG files. So I figure I need the framebuffer driver.

Have a look at:

http://damnsmalllinux.org/wiki/index.php/Vga%3Dxxx

original here.