diff --git a/src/fbinit.c b/src/fbinit.c
index a1477c7..890968d 100644
--- a/src/fbinit.c
+++ b/src/fbinit.c
@@ -1,39 +1,24 @@
 #include <stddef.h>
+#include <string.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <sys/mman.h>
 #include <linux/fb.h>
 #include "log.h"
 #include "fbinit.h"
 
 static int fb_fd = -1;
 
-static void dump_fixed_info(const struct fb_fix_screeninfo *p)
-{
-  Log(LDEBUG, "--Fixed screen info follows--");
-  Log(LDEBUG, "ID=%s SMEM@0x%08x/%u TYPE=%u TYPEAUX=%u VIZ=%u",
-      p->id, p->smem_start, p->smem_len, p->type, p->type_aux, p->visual);
-  Log(LDEBUG, "XPAN=%u YPAN=%u YWRAP=%u LINELEN=%u", p->xpanstep, p->ypanstep, p->ywrapstep, p->line_length);
-  Log(LDEBUG, "MMIO@0x%08x/%u ACCEL=%02x CAP=%08x", p->mmio_start, p->mmio_len, p->accel, p->capabilities);
-  Log(LDEBUG, "--ends--");
-}
+static FBINFO local_info;
+PCFBINFO Fb_Info = &local_info;
 
-static void dump_var_info(const struct fb_var_screeninfo *p)
+uint16_t *Fb_Ptr = NULL;
+
+inline static unsigned makemask(unsigned offset, unsigned length)
 {
-  Log(LDEBUG, "--Variable screen info follows--");
-  Log(LDEBUG, "RES=(%u,%u) VRES=(%u,%u) OFS=(%u,%u) BPP=%u GS=%u", p->xres, p->yres,
-      p->xres_virtual, p->yres_virtual, p->xoffset, p->yoffset, p->bits_per_pixel, p->grayscale);
-  Log(LDEBUG, "RedBits: ofs=%u len=%u mright=%u", p->red.offset, p->red.length, p->red.msb_right);
-  Log(LDEBUG, "GreenBits: ofs=%u len=%u mright=%u", p->green.offset, p->green.length, p->green.msb_right);
-  Log(LDEBUG, "BlueBits: ofs=%u len=%u mright=%u", p->blue.offset, p->blue.length, p->blue.msb_right);
-  Log(LDEBUG, "XparBits: ofs=%u len=%u mright=%u", p->transp.offset, p->transp.length, p->transp.msb_right);
-  Log(LDEBUG, "NONSTD=%u ACTIV=%u PSIZ=(%u,%u) AFLG=%08x",
-      p->nonstd, p->activate, p->width, p->height, p->accel_flags);
-  Log(LDEBUG, "PIXCLK=%u LM=%u RM=%u TM=%u BM=%u HSYNC=%u VSYNC=%u", p->pixclock, p->left_margin, p->right_margin,
-      p->upper_margin, p->lower_margin, p->hsync_len, p->vsync_len);
-  Log(LDEBUG, "SYNC=%u VMODE=%u ROT=%u COLORSP=%u", p->sync, p->vmode, p->rotate, p->colorspace);
-  Log(LDEBUG, "--ends--");
+  return ((1 << length) - 1) << offset;
 }
 
 int Fb_setup(void)
@@ -54,7 +39,8 @@ int Fb_setup(void)
     return -1;
   }
 
-  dump_fixed_info(&fixed);
+  local_info.linebytes = fixed.line_length;
+  local_info.screenbytes = fixed.smem_len;
 
   if (ioctl(fb_fd, FBIOGET_VSCREENINFO, &var))
   {
@@ -62,9 +48,32 @@ int Fb_setup(void)
     return -1;
   }
 
-  dump_var_info(&var);
+  local_info.width = var.xres;
+  local_info.height = var.yres;
+  local_info.virtual_width = var.xres_virtual;
+  local_info.virtual_height = var.yres_virtual;
+  local_info.bpp = var.bits_per_pixel;
+  local_info.red_offset = var.red.offset;
+  local_info.red_length = var.red.length;
+  local_info.red_mask = makemask(var.red.offset, var.red.length);
+  local_info.green_offset = var.green.offset;
+  local_info.green_length = var.green.length;
+  local_info.green_mask = makemask(var.green.offset, var.green.length);
+  local_info.blue_offset = var.blue.offset;
+  local_info.blue_length = var.blue.length;
+  local_info.blue_mask = makemask(var.blue.offset, var.blue.length);
 
-  /* additional initialization here */
+  Fb_Ptr = (uint16_t *)mmap(0, fixed.smem_len, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, fb_fd, 0);
+  if ((int)Fb_Ptr == -1)
+  {
+    Log(LFATAL, "Unable to memmap framebuffer (%d)", errno);
+    Fb_Ptr = NULL;
+    close(fb_fd);
+    fb_fd = -1;
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  /* additional setup here */
 
   return 0;
 }
@@ -73,5 +82,10 @@ void Fb_cleanup(void)
 {
   /* additional cleanup here */
   
+  memset(Fb_Ptr, 0, local_info.screenbytes);
+  munmap((void *)Fb_Ptr, local_info.screenbytes);
+  Fb_Ptr = NULL;
+  
   close(fb_fd);
+  fb_fd = -1;
 }
diff --git a/src/fbinit.h b/src/fbinit.h
index 40737f3..a4612d4 100644
--- a/src/fbinit.h
+++ b/src/fbinit.h
@@ -1,6 +1,31 @@
 #ifndef __FBINIT_H_INCLUDED
 #define __FBINIT_H_INCLUDED
 
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+typedef struct tagFBINFO {
+  uint32_t width;
+  uint32_t height;
+  uint32_t virtual_width;
+  uint32_t virtual_height;
+  uint32_t bpp;
+  uint32_t linebytes;
+  uint32_t screenbytes;
+  uint16_t red_offset;
+  uint16_t red_length;
+  uint16_t red_mask;
+  uint16_t green_offset;
+  uint16_t green_length;
+  uint16_t green_mask;
+  uint16_t blue_offset;
+  uint16_t blue_length;
+  uint16_t blue_mask;
+} FBINFO;
+typedef const FBINFO * const PCFBINFO;
+
+extern PCFBINFO Fb_Info;
+extern uint16_t *Fb_Ptr;
+
 extern int Fb_setup(void);
 extern void Fb_cleanup(void);
 
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index f0d546f..afb7cc6 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
 #include "gpio.h"
 #include "log.h"
 #include "fbinit.h"
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
   int running = 1;
   MSG msg;
+  char *tmp;
   
   Time_init();
   if (Fb_setup() != 0)
@@ -21,6 +23,11 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     return EXIT_FAILURE;
   atexit(Sys_disable_input);
 
+  /* temporary drawing here */
+  tmp = (char *)Fb_Ptr;
+  memset(tmp, 0xFF, Fb-Info->screenbytes / 2);
+  memset(tmp + (Fb-Info->screenbytes / 2), 0x1B, Fb-Info->screenbytes / 2);
+
   Log(LINFO, "System ready.");
 
   while (running)