So, the work needed to get the YeeLoong netbook display X: On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 11:38:49PM +0000, Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
> When I try to run Xorg, I get: > > (EE) Failed to load module "siliconmotion" (module does not exist, 0) > (EE) open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory > > Hmm... xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion was not installed. Let's try > again. > > (EE) open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory > (EE) SMI(0): Cannot read V_BIOS (5) No such file or directory > > I guess I removed it because it crashed the X server with earlier > kernels. http://bugs.debian.org/594684 xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion: siliconmotion driver segfaults on a Lemote YeeLoong (SM712 LynxEM+) Filed against the experimental driver, but applies just the same to the Squeeze one. > > OK. I guess I need to look into the display drivers. Now wasn't there > one in the staging tree? > > Yup. drivers/staging/sm7xx . > > Building vs. the -headers package. insmoding. Looks nicer... > > Adding it to /etc/modules, and I have a console. http://bugs.debian.org/594642 linux-image: add sm7xx (Staging driver) -- Tzafrir Cohen | [email protected] | VIM is http://tzafrir.org.il | | a Mutt's [email protected] | | best [email protected] | | friend -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
