Re: hmmm.
On Sat, Dec 19, 1998 at 05:31:04AM -0500, Kirstin S. Reese wrote:
>
> Ok. After some fun with Open Firmware, I can boot as I like. However, I
> have grown impatient of the X 3.3.3 debian relase, and have installed the
> bastard version.
>
> Unfortunately, I don't seem to have a /dev/fb* device. And Xpmac doesn't
> work, of course. Please, what are the correct arguments to mknod to create
> the frame buffer device?
>
> thanks,
>
> kirstin
>
> (hmm. I don't see a deb xemacs anywhere. n.b. xemacs 20.4 does not
> configure on ppc. But 21.0 is quite stable. But it has it's own packaging
> system. What to do.)
>
Install the latest 'makedev' package and tell it:
(cd /dev && ./MAKEDEV fb0)
or maybe MAKEDEV fb if that doesn't work...
Dan
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