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Re: Can't get xorg working on iBook - Help please!



On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 2:06 AM, Michel Dänzer <daenzer@debian.org> wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-12-26 at 10:27 -0700, Bob Lounsbury wrote:
>> Has anyone experienced the error in the attached Xorg.0.log file? I've
>> also attached my xorg.conf. I've tried all sorts of changes to the
>> xorg.conf, but nothing works.
>
> [...]
>
>> (**) R128(0): Using framebuffer device
>> (II) Loading sub module "fbdevhw"
>> (II) LoadModule: "fbdevhw"
>>
>> (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/linux//libfbdevhw.so
>> (II) Module fbdevhw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
>>         compiled for 1.5.2, module version = 0.0.2
>>         ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 4.1
>> (WW) open /dev/fb2: No such file or directory
>> (WW) open /dev/fb3: No such file or directory
>> (WW) open /dev/fb4: No such file or directory
>> (WW) open /dev/fb5: No such file or directory
>> (WW) open /dev/fb6: No such file or directory
>> (WW) open /dev/fb7: No such file or directory
>> (EE) Unable to find a valid framebuffer device
>> (EE) R128(0): Failed to open framebuffer device, consult warnings and/or errors above for possible reasons
>>         (you may have to look at the server log to see warnings)
>
> This is probably because you're using OFfb rather than aty128fb (what
> does /proc/fb contain?) in console. Either fix that, or try without
> Option "UseFBDev", though IIRC that may be tricky to get working with
> the r128 driver on Apple laptops.
>
>
> --
> Earthling Michel Dänzer           |                http://www.vmware.com
> Libre software enthusiast         |          Debian, X and DRI developer
>

Sorry, I'm pretty new to linux, I don't know what 'using OFfb rather
than aty128fb' means. I tried inputting /proc/fb as root and got
'-bash: /proc/fb: permission denied'. I don't know how to fix this.

If I comment out the 'UseFBDev' line then I get the exact same error
message. If I set the option to false rather than true then I get the
attached error message.

I also tried using Amit's xorg.conf, but got the same error message.
At this point I don't think the problem is related to the xorg.conf
file.

Thanks,
/Bob

Attachment: Xorg.0.log.fbdev.false
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