On Sun, 7 Mar 1999, Russell King - ARM Linux Admin wrote:
> Rod Stewart writes:
> > Question: Who should make the device /dev/fb0? Should I create it? If I
> > need to create it, would anyone know the options for mknod? `mknod
> > /dev/fb0 c X X' Thanks.
>
> Yes, people who have read linux/Documentation/devices.txt do. ;)
> Here's the ls output of /dev for fb0:
Ok, I was looking in the wrong spot... I was looking in
linux/Documentation/fb/framebuffer.txt, on the web pages that refer to it,
but didn't think about devices.txt. Thank you, X now works... Well I
don't know how stable it is, but startx and xdm work, which is a start.
This is the last XFree86-3.3.3.1-20.src.rpm from rawhide with patches.
Isn't this pretty:
-Rms
[root@dilgar /dev]# startx
XFree86 Version 3.3.3.1 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6300)
Release Date: January 4 1999
If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is newer
than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting
problems. (see http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ)
Operating System: Linux 2.2.2-1a.rmk4 armv4l [ELF]
Configured drivers:
FBDev: Server for frame buffer device
(Patchlevel 10): mfb, iplan2p2, iplan2p4, iplan2p8, ilbm, afb, cfb8,
cfb16, cfb32
(using VT number 7)
XF86Config: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config
(**) stands for supplied, (--) stands for probed/default values
(**) XKB: disabled
(**) Mouse: type: PS/2, device: /dev/mouse, buttons: 3
(**) FBDev: Graphics device ID: "Linux/m68k Frame Buffer Device"
(**) FBDev: Monitor ID: "Generic Monitor"
(**) FontPath set to
"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
(**) FBDev: Using default frame buffer video mode
(--) FBDev: Frame buffer device: Cyber2000
(--) FBDev: Video memory: 2048K @ 0x81000000
(--) FBDev: MMIO regs: 768K @ 0x81800000
(--) FBDev: Type 0 type_aux 0 bits_per_pixel 8
(--) FBDev: Unknown hardware accelerator type 22
(--) FBDev: No driver support for hardware acceleration
(--) FBDev: Using cfb8 driver
WARNING: You selected Fvwm2 as your window manager, but your installation
does not appear to be functional. The executable /usr/X11R6/bin/fvwm2 was
not found on your system.
RESUMING with TWM...
xinit: connection to X server lost.
waiting for X server to shut down
[root@dilgar /dev]#
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