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Re: disabling framebuffer device



Hi,
On Mon, Oct 07, 2002 at 01:21:48PM +0100, Paul Lewis wrote:
> I seem to have accidently cracked it, look in the /etc/X11 and edit 
> XF86Config-4. Find the section that says "section 'device'", and in 
> that section there is a field "Option   useFBdevice    true" change 
> true to 'false' and that seems to have done it for me.

I am on Linux console only machine. X is not involved with my question.

Thanks.

> People who know much more about Xfree86 may say there is a proper way 
> to do this?
> 
> Regards
> 
> On 2002.10.06 15:49 Osamu Aoki wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >How can I disable (rmmod) framebuffer device which was activated by
> >"modprobe tdfxfb". (I am using stock 2.4.19-686-smp kernel-image)
> >
> >Simple "rmmod tdfxfb" does not work:
> >
> >  # "rmmod tdfxfb
> >  tdfxfb: Device or resource busy
> >
> >I know I can reboot but that is not cool.
> >
> >Osamu
> >
> >PS: I am having funny cursor (Big white rectangle) problem in FB.
> >That
> >    is the reason I want to disable it.  Is there any good FB guide?
> >
> >    LDP document is old (2000 for 2.2 kernel)
> >
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