Hi Shakthi,
My mother board is intel 845 (with build in video controller).
1. Output of fbset -fb /dev/fb0
open /dev/fb0: No such device
2. Output of cat /usr/src/linux-2.4.2/.config | grep FB is,
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OFFBOARD is not set
CONFIG_FB=y
# CONFIG_FB_RIVA is not set
# CONFIG_FB_CLGEN is not set
# CONFIG_FB_PM2 is not set
# CONFIG_FB_CYBER2000 is not set
CONFIG_FB_VESA=y
# CONFIG_FB_VGA16 is not set
# CONFIG_FB_HGA is not set
# CONFIG_FB_MATROX is not set
# CONFIG_FB_ATY is not set
# CONFIG_FB_ATY128 is not set
# CONFIG_FB_3DFX is not set
# CONFIG_FB_SIS is not set
# CONFIG_FB_VIRTUAL is not set
CONFIG_FBCON_ADVANCED=y
CONFIG_FBCON_MFB=y
CONFIG_FBCON_CFB2=y
CONFIG_FBCON_CFB4=y
CONFIG_FBCON_CFB8=y
CONFIG_FBCON_CFB16=y
CONFIG_FBCON_CFB24=y
CONFIG_FBCON_CFB32=y
# CONFIG_FBCON_AFB is not set
# CONFIG_FBCON_ILBM is not set
# CONFIG_FBCON_IPLAN2P2 is not set
# CONFIG_FBCON_IPLAN2P4 is not set
# CONFIG_FBCON_IPLAN2P8 is not set
# CONFIG_FBCON_MAC is not set
# CONFIG_FBCON_VGA_PLANES is not set
# CONFIG_FBCON_VGA is not set
# CONFIG_FBCON_HGA is not set
# CONFIG_FBCON_FONTWIDTH8_ONLY is not set
# CONFIG_FBCON_FONTS is not set
Regards
Sripriyan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shakthi Kannan" <cyborg4k@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <sripriyanc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <ilugc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 7:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Ilugc] Enabling Framebuffer
Hi Sripriyan,
--- Sripriyan C <sripriyanc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I am using RH linux 7.1(kernel 2.4.2-2).
Why such an old distro and kernel? What is your
hardware?
I enabled FB in the
kernel as mentioned below,
I don't see a VGA driver option enabled. Please post
output of:
cat /path/to/kernel/source/.config | grep FB
# fbset
open /dev/fb0: No such device
Use fbset like this:
fbset -fb /dev/fb0
SK
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Shakthi Kannan
http://www.shakthimaan.com
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