[Xorg] Latest CVS: Failed to open framebuffer device

[Michel Dänzer]

On Sun, 2004-08-22 at 21:48 +0200, Ditch Digger wrote:
> Why I can't open the framebuffer?

[...]

> (II) Loading sub module "fbdevhw"
> (II) LoadModule: "fbdevhw"
> (II) Reloading /opt/XORG-6_7_99_902/lib/modules/linux/libfbdevhw.a
> (WW) open /dev/fb0: No such device
> (WW) open /dev/fb1: No such device
> (WW) open /dev/fb2: No such device
> (WW) open /dev/fb3: No such device
> (WW) open /dev/fb4: No such device
> (WW) open /dev/fb5: No such device
> (WW) open /dev/fb6: No such device
> (WW) open /dev/fb7: No such device

Because no framebuffer device is active in the kernel; not even vesafb,
but you need radeonfb for this.


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