nanogui@linuxhacker.org

On Mon, 4 Dec 2000, [iso-8859-1] Supriyo Chatterjea wrote:
> Error opening /dev/fb0: No such device. Check kernel
> config.

You should check your kernel config. Specifically, you need to compile in
a framebuffer driver suitable for your graphics card. You may also need
some kernel command line options to enable it (which are a real pain to
figure out unfortunately- hopefully the 2.5 rewrite will fix this). If it
works, your console will be in graphics mode rather than text mode on
boot, and you will see a penguin in the top left hand corner of your
screen whilst booting. Some drivers can be built as a module instead
of compiling them directly into the kernel, but you will have to remember
to insert the module before you can use them. If there isn't a driver
specifically for your card, the Vesa driver may work, and if that doesn't
the VGA16 almost certainly will.

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