On Jan 21, 2004 at 12:57, Esperanza Glass in a soothing rage wrote: >> >open /dev/fb0: No such device >> > >> >What does this mean? >> Exactly what it says. There is no device /dev/fb0. > >But there is... K, I believe you. Are the permissions correct? [14:37:42][work]$ ls -al /dev/fb0 /home/nead/work crw------- 1 luser root 29, 0 Sep 15 09:40 /dev/fb0 [14:37:48][work]$ ls -al /dev/fb1 /home/nead/work crw------- 1 luser root 29, 1 Sep 15 09:40 /dev/fb1 If you are logged on at the console and your fb works, I don't think you can open it again. >> 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. >> > >I used "./MAKEDEV fb0" in dev directory. Didn't help. I'm missing something here. Question: Do get the nice portly Tux when you boot up??? N.Emile... -- Registered Linux User # 125653 (http://counter.li.org) Switch to: http://www.speakeasy.net/refer/190653 The static electricity routing is acting up... 14:35:51 up 48 days, 19:23, 5 users, load average: 0.03, 0.02, 0.00
