Re: X breaks in CD-based installer environment
On Sun, 2002-04-28 at 03:34, Branden Robinson wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 27, 2002 at 06:09:50PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> > The part that is frustrating is this:
> >
> > (**) R128(0): Using framebuffer device
> > (II) Loading sub module "fbdevhw"
> > (II) LoadModule: "fbdevhw"
> > (II) Loading /live/lib/modules/linux/libfbdevhw.a
> > (II) Module fbdevhw: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
> > compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 0.0.2
> > ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.4
> > (II) UnloadModule: "ati"
> > (II) UnloadModule: "fbdevhw"
> > (II) Unloading /live/lib/modules/linux/libfbdevhw.a
> > (II) UnloadModule: "vgahw"
> > (II) Unloading /live/lib/modules/libvgahw.a
> > (II) UnloadModule: "r128"
> > (II) Unloading /live/lib/modules/drivers/r128_drv.o
> > (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
> >
> > All of a sudden, *something* is deciding it's time to bail out. It looks like
> > the fbdevhw module. But no level of verbosity is explaining. On a normal
> > startup, right after the fbdevhw module talks about itself, R128(0) speaks up
> > and claims the ATI Rage 128 LF device.
> >
> > I don't understand the internals of
> > xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/fbdevhw/fbdevhw.c to speculate on what's
> > going on. Is there a place where some xf86DrvMsg()s could be added to
> > help diagnose this apparent decision by the module to bail out??
>
> Problem solved. It was caused by a missing /dev/fb0 file. This, of
> course, exists in a normal installation but was missing from the
> instalelr environment.
>
> Maybe something (fbdevhw.c or r128_driver.c, I'm not sure which) should
> complain if /dev/fb0 cannot be opened?
Indeed, patch attached (BCC: to patch@XFree86.Org), which also cleans up
the other fbdevHW error messages.
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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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