Re: /dev/fb0 device does not exist

On Tue, 8 Feb 2000, Ingvar Hagelund; UiO wrote:

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When I try to start the fb_dev X-server or try to use the fbset command, I
only get the error
/dev/fb0: No such device

ls -l /dev/fb0 gives me
crw----rwx   1 ingvar   root      29,   0 Jan 28  2000 /dev/fb0

so the device file should exist.

Does this mean my kernel has no support for the frame buffer device?

I guess so. What does `cat /proc/fb' tell you? What kind of video hardware do
you have?

cat /proc/fb gives:
cat: /proc/fb: No such file or directory

So, your'e absoloutely right. No kernel support. Looks like I have to
compile a new kernel.

Anyway, the hardware is a 2MB IBM E15 internal graphics adapter, and
that's actually a S3 864 based thing. Of course, a real S3 server would be
the coolest, but I've no success on compiling this so far, though XFree86
3.1.2 worked some years ago, I heard.

There's no frame buffer device for the S3 Vision864 yet. So either you have to
help writing that one, or give vga16fb a try (unsupported by XF68_FBDev).

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
--
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