Bug#400097: missing /dev/fb0 makes usplash fail
reassign 400097 initramfs-tools
Ronny Aasen <ronny@skolelinux.no> writes:
> Package:usplash
> Version: 0.3e
> Usertags: debian-edu@lists.debian.org
>
>
> usplash fail at boot with the error
>
> bogl_init failed: /dev/fb0 no such file or directory
>
> I am not sure what should be responsible for creating that device at
> boottime, but this worked for me.
>
> adding a line saying "mknod /dev/fb0 c 29 0"
> just above the line saying "/sbin/usplash -c &"
> in the file /usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/init-top/usplash
>
> and deleting and recreating the initrd file with eg:
> dpkg-reconfigure linux-image-$(uname -r)
> makes usplash work as expected.
It's not usplash trouble but initramfs problem. What version of your
initramfs-tools package? I sent a patch that were include on last
upload to solve it.
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