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LostSon wrote: |
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>>/dev/fb/0 (symlinked from /dev/fb0) are the device nodes for accessing |
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>>the framebuffer device. During services startup (i.e, the part that |
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>>happens after after the root filesystem is mounted and the kernel starts |
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>>init) these nodes are created automatically when udevstart is run by |
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>>/sbin/rc. This only happens if a usable framebuffer driver is compiled |
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>>into your kernel (not as a module!) and the driver found a usable |
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>>graphics card. |
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>>Could you post your dmesg output right after booting. I want to make |
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>>sure that the framebuffer device is being found at boot time. You |
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>>should be seeing messages like this: |
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>>radeonfb: Retreived PLL infos from BIOS |
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>>radeonfb: Reference=27.00 MHz (RefDiv=6) Memory=344.00 Mhz, |
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>>System=236.00 MHz |
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>>radeonfb: PLL min 20000 max 35000 |
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>>Non-DDC laptop panel detected |
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>>radeonfb: Monitor 1 type LCD found |
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>>radeonfb: Monitor 2 type no found |
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>>radeonfb: panel ID string: 1600x1200 |
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>>radeonfb: detected LVDS panel size from BIOS: 1600x1200 |
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>>radeondb: BIOS provided dividers will be used |
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>>radeonfb: Dynamic Clock Power Management enabled |
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>>Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 200x75 |
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>>fbsplash: console 0 using theme 'emergence' |
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>>fbsplash: switched splash state to 'on' on console 0 |
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>>radeonfb (0000:01:00.0): ATI Radeon NP |
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>>I think yours should say something about vesafb-tng. |
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>>-Richard |
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> My dmesg output shows nothing like that at all im digging around for |
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>the /dev/fb0 and /dev/fb/0 but dont have either of these either. I must |
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>of screwed something up pretty damn bad. |
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No, don't be so hard on yourself. Most likely you just missed a kernel |
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configuration option, or configured things as modules instead of |
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statically into the kernel, both of which are pretty common mistakes. |
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What does "grep CONFIG_FB /usr/src/linux/.config" report? |
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-Richard |
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