On Jan 21, 2004 at 11:07, Esperanza Glass in a soothing rage wrote: >> If you are refering to the console framebuffer take a look at >> /usr/src/linux-2.4/Documentation/fb/matroxfb.txt. This has the >> different values listed. In your /etc/grub.conf file add vga=<value> >> to the end of the kernel line. I use vga=795 to get a 1280x1024 >> resolution. >> >Ok I got the resolution changed during boot. Now when I try to use the /dev/fb0 for example with fbset, fbtv or advmame I get the error message > >open /dev/fb0: No such device > >What does this mean? Exactly what it says. There is no device /dev/fb0. Take a look at /usr/src/linux-2.4/Documentation/fb/framebuffer.txt it should tell you more. You may have to create the nodes. man MAKEDEV for more info. N.Emile... -- Registered Linux User # 125653 (http://counter.li.org) Switch to: http://www.speakeasy.net/refer/190653 How many hardware guys does it take to change a light bulb? "Well the diagnostics say it's fine buddy, so it's a software problem." 12:20:43 up 48 days, 17:08, 4 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
