On Tue, 2003-10-14 at 05:44, Wesley Morgan wrote: > I just rsync'ed the latest linux-2.5-benh from the > theorie.physik.uni-muenchen.de server today, and XFree86 seems to be > unable to find the framebuffer device when I boot w/ it. I have > /dev/fb/0 and /dev/fb/1 (using devfs; /dev/fb0 & /dev/fb1 symlinks are > there). X starts fine using 2.4.x and it starts (but behaves strangely) > using 2.6.0-test2 (stock w/ Debian patches). The framebuffer is working > because I am seeing the bootlogo on startup and video is working > quickly enough to make me think it is *very* unlikely that the OF > framebuffer is being used. However, when I launch XFree86 (4.2.1+; > Debian sid current), it says that a suitable framebuffer device could > not be found. When I change UseFBDev to false, it gives me a different > error and still won't start. Any suggestions?
I guess (why do we have to guess though?) that you have a Rage128 graphics chip and that you're running OFfb instead of aty128fb. You need to get the latter running. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer \ Debian (powerpc), XFree86 and DRI developer Software libre enthusiast \ http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=daenzer
