On Sat, Dec 19, 1998 at 05:31:04AM -0500, Kirstin S. Reese wrote: > > Ok. After some fun with Open Firmware, I can boot as I like. However, I > have grown impatient of the X 3.3.3 debian relase, and have installed the > bastard version. > > Unfortunately, I don't seem to have a /dev/fb* device. And Xpmac doesn't > work, of course. Please, what are the correct arguments to mknod to create > the frame buffer device? > > thanks, > > kirstin > > (hmm. I don't see a deb xemacs anywhere. n.b. xemacs 20.4 does not > configure on ppc. But 21.0 is quite stable. But it has it's own packaging > system. What to do.) >
Install the latest 'makedev' package and tell it: (cd /dev && ./MAKEDEV fb0) or maybe MAKEDEV fb if that doesn't work... Dan /--------------------------------\ /--------------------------------\ | Daniel Jacobowitz |__| CMU, CS class of 2002 | | Debian GNU/Linux Developer __ Part-Time Systems Programmer | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | \--------------------------------/ \--------------------------------/
