Re: (EE) Unable to find a valid framebuffer device
On Mit, 2002-10-02 at 14:31, Marco Lombardi wrote:
>
> I am using the experimental Debian packages XFree86 v. 4.2.1 from X
> Strike Force on a Dell Inspiron 4100 (with ATI Radeon Mobility M6
> video card). I was able to run the 4.2.1-0pre1v1 without problems,
> but since the second experimental pre-prelease I cannot run the X
> server any more. More specifically, I obtain this error message
>
> (**) RADEON(0): Using framebuffer device
> (II) Loading sub module "fbdevhw"
> (II) LoadModule: "fbdevhw"
> (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libfbdevhw.a
> (II) Module fbdevhw: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
> compiled for 4.2.1, module version = 0.0.2
> ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5
> (EE) Unable to find a valid framebuffer device
>
> The complete log file is at the end of this message. Note that
> everything, instead, is fine if I remove the option "UseFBDev" in my
> "Device" section of XF86Config-4:
>
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "Generic Video Card"
> Driver "ati"
> Option "UseFBDev" "true"
> EndSection
Either run radeonfb in console or don't use Option "UseFBDev".
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Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
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