> I'm sure you can do it without recompiling, through some 'mknod' kind of > magic. Can't help you there, though. If you need help compiling your own > kernel, I can give you some hints. But nowadays, with things like udev, it its perfectly possible that the device will be created simply by loading a module, is it not?
Well, i have no clue how udev is working. i remember in some old days i had to do some mknod with some magic numbers, but now it really should be handled by some udev. i have it running, even restarted it, but still no signs of /dev/fb* Regards, Atis