Re: X server fails to start after netinstall of Etch on Ultra 60

[Ulrich Teichert <krypton@ulrich-teichert.org>]

Hi,

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>> Did you try to load the firmware manually with the
>> command  "/usr/sbin/afbinit /dev/fb0 /usr/lib/afb.ucode" ?
>> After that try to start the xserver with "startx".
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>Yes, I should have mentioned that I did try running that command
>manually, and I got the same error message:
>
>mmap user regs: Invalid argument
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Some, maybe silly, questions:

1. Are you root when you're running afbinit?
2. Does /dev/fb0 exist?
3. Does it point to the right card?

HTH,
Uli
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