No /dev/fb0 or /dev/fbsplash

dbasinge · Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2004 8:22 pm Post subject: No /dev/fb0 or /dev/fbsplash

I'm trying to get gensplash working on my computer. I have read though spock's instructions but it still does not work. I think the problem is that I do not have a fb0 or fbsplash device in my /dev directory. I have vesa-tng compiled into the kernel, but still no luck (did try the older vesa driver).

I'm trying to get this to work on a Toshiba Satellite M30 laptop using gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.8-r3.

Here is the part of my config

mrnegitoro · Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2004 1:15 am Post subject:

Hi,

I'm having the same problem.

I get this error message at boot:

CarlUman · Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2004 5:14 am Post subject:

Me three

mrnegitoro · Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2004 6:29 am Post subject:

We're screwed, what are we going to do?

neonik · Guru Joined: 08 Oct 2003 Posts: 501

Just solved the same issue on my machine:

mrnegitoro · Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2004 3:30 pm Post subject:

Hi,

Thanks for the help, I made the changes you suggested and now I get an error to the effect of Invalid mode press <Enter> to see a list of valid modes or <Space> to continue booting. That's not the exact error, I can't reboot and copy the exact error right away because my girlfriend is writing an e-mail and my Linux box is also the firewall :wink:

Thanks again for your help!

neonik · Guru Joined: 08 Oct 2003 Posts: 501

Then change the depth of 32 to 16 and vga to 791.
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mrnegitoro · Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2004 5:03 pm Post subject: Cool!!

I got it to work but in what seems to be a non-conventional fashion.

I put this in my grub.conf:

tindanos · n00b Joined: 12 Apr 2003 Posts: 34 Location: Sweden->Gbg

Did you other guys slove the problem. Since i having the problem to and the advices so far havent helped me i would lika to keep this thread alive.

I have the same .config exept that i have

mrnegitoro · Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2004 5:55 am Post subject:

What do you have in your /boot/grub/grub.conf?

tindanos · n00b Joined: 12 Apr 2003 Posts: 34 Location: Sweden->Gbg

This is my grub.con

mrnegitoro · Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2004 3:47 pm Post subject:

Maybe try something like this:

tindanos · n00b Joined: 12 Apr 2003 Posts: 34 Location: Sweden->Gbg

Nope, didn't work.
But thanks for trying.... Any other suggestions..

Did you two other guys who had the problem managed to solve it?

mrnegitoro · Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2004 4:54 pm Post subject:

I solved my problem by setting up my grub.conf like so:

tindanos · n00b Joined: 12 Apr 2003 Posts: 34 Location: Sweden->Gbg

Actualy i haden't copmiled it
[ *] Bootup logo
[*] Standard 224-color Linux logo (NEW)

But doing that didn't help.

Coulden't find
<*> Compile in your framebuffer device
in my kernel config (gentoo-dev).
Would you like to post your .config.

tindanos · n00b Joined: 12 Apr 2003 Posts: 34 Location: Sweden->Gbg

Finaly i managed to get it up running but only in 800x600 but since i have an 19" screen and a
GF ti4200 card i would like to go higher.

There is a little problem when i exit X the scereen is messed up with zillion of colors all over it.

What i did was compiling the kernel with the veasfb instead off the vesafb-tng

What's the difrence?

EDIT!
It also works with the vesa-tng option in the kernel but i can't get a higher resolution than 800x600. This seams strange since i have a GF ti4200 (from creative) card and a 19" screen.
Is there another fb driver i can try with since vesafb and vesafb-tng dont seams to work.
Can someone with working framebuffer and the ti4200 card post their .config here.

tindanos · n00b Joined: 12 Apr 2003 Posts: 34 Location: Sweden->Gbg

It's solved.
I was actualy using my TV, not direct but the graphics card was conected to it.
Thanx anyway for your help.