Re: fbdev requirement of qemu

[Richard Möhn <richard.moehn@gmx.de>]

On Wed, Jul 09, 2008 at 06:02:31PM -0700, PETER EASTHOPE wrote:
> I've installed qemu, xserver-xorg-video-fbdev and libggi-target-fbdev 
> and tried to boot an image.
> 
> qemu -m 40 -boot d -cdrom /home/peter/Desk*/AosCD.iso
> 
> This error report ensues.
>      =======================|  DirectFB 1.0.1  |=======================
>           (c) 2001-2007  The DirectFB Organization (directfb.org)
>           (c) 2000-2004  Convergence (integrated media) GmbH
>         ------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> (*) DirectFB/Core: Single Application Core. (2008-05-15 14:24) 
> (!) Direct/Util: opening '/dev/fb0' and '/dev/fb/0' failed
>     --> No such file or directory
> (!) DirectFB/FBDev: Error opening framebuffer device!
> (!) DirectFB/FBDev: Use 'fbdev' option or set FRAMEBUFFER environment variable.
> (!) DirectFB/Core: Could not initialize 'system' core!
>     --> Initialization error!
> Could not initialize SDL - exiting
> ========================================
> 
> qemu has no 'fbdev' option that I can see.
> Is another package needed to make fbdev work?
> 
> Thanks for any ideas,             ... Peter E.
> 

Say me the resolution and colour depth of your screen and I say you
what to add after vga= to the kernel line of your /boot/grub/menu.lst.

Nice greetings

Richard