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Re: X setup for Rage 128 in G4 400Mhz Tower



On Fre, 2002-02-15 at 18:55, Paul Hampson wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 15, 2002 at 12:12:16PM +0100, Michel D?nzer wrote:
> > On Fre, 2002-02-15 at 08:22, Paul Hampson wrote:
> 
> > > One possiblity is that I'm using devfs and there's no /dev/fb0,
> > > just /dev/fb/0. The 'Options fbdev /dev/fb/0' is from the fbdev
> > > driver's man page. Is it possible that the r128 driver is just
> > > making assumptions about the fb device?
> > Yes, that's the case. Can't you make a /dev/fb0 link? I think devfsd
> > does that with default configuration.
> I can, and have done so.... I just wish there was a neater
> way... It'd be nice of fbdevhw could read the "fbdev"
> parameter, rather than just fbdev...

Very good idea, and shouldn't be hard to do. I'll do that sooner or
later, unless someone beats me to it.


-- 
Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member   /  CS student, Free Software enthusiast



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