Bug#704690: linux-image-2.6.32-5-686: xserver-xorg-video-fbdev says (EE)open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory

[Philip <subs@christiantena.net>]

On 04/04/2013 23:23, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> Control: tag -1 moreinfo
> 
> On Thu, Apr 04, 2013 at 05:57:05PM +0100, Philip wrote:
>> Package: linux-2.6
>> Version: 2.6.32-48squeeze1
>> Severity: normal
>>
>> Unable to start Xorg using fbdev driver with this kernel.
>> The same xorg installation works with the squeeze-backports kernel.
> [...]
> 
> What if you use the vesa driver (xserver-xorg-video-vesa)?
> 
> Ben.
> 
Results with xserver-xorg-video-vesa:-
squeeze kernel: works out of the box defaulting to 640x480
squeeze-backports: complains about modeset in use or somesuch

I'm satisfied that this is not a bug because I tried
modprobe -r i915
modprobe i915 modeset=1
this resulted in a high res terminal which proves that the framebuffer does work.
starting xorg after that causes the system to hang but I think that this is a known issue and can be
configured around.
In any case wheezy works fine so I'm happy and suggest closing.

thanks, Philip