Re: Kernel 2.4.17 3dfx /dev/fb0

[Lance Hoffmeyer <lance@augustmail.com>]

Yes, I did add a vga=ask to my lilo.conf.  Should I remove it and use
fbset instead?

Lance


On Tue, 2002-01-29 at 20:28, dman wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 29, 2002 at 07:09:39PM -0600, Lance Hoffmeyer wrote:
> | I am running kernel 2.4.17 with 3dfx support for a Voodoo 3500 TV card
> | compiled directly into the kernel.
> | During boot I see
> | [drm] Initialized tdfx 1.0.0 20010216 on minor 0 but I don't think I
> | have /dev/fb0?
> | 
> | How can I determine if this support is functioning properly?  Is there a
> | /proc area I cat cat?  I have tried using mplayer with -vo fdfxfb and I
> | get message:
> | vo_3dfx->init(): can't open /dev/fb0, No such device.
> | I have tried /dev/MAKEDEV fb0 but to no avail.  I see /dev/fb0 (it 
> | exist) but does not appear to be functioning
> 
> Did you add a 'vga=' or 'video=' argument to your kernel command line?
> 
> I have a cheap card so I use the VESA framebuffer.  In my dmesg output
> is :
> 
> vesafb: framebuffer at 0xe7000000, mapped to 0xd080d000, size 4096k
> vesafb: mode is 1280x1024x24, linelength=3840, pages=0
> vesafb: protected mode interface info at c7dc:0000
> vesafb: scrolling: redraw
> vesafb: directcolor: size=0:8:8:8, shift=0:16:8:0
> fb0: VESA VGA frame buffer device
> 
> 
> do you have anything similar?
> 
> -D
> 
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