nanogui: Framebuffer support
Subject:
Re: [nanogui] Framebuffer support
From:
"Greg Haerr" ####@####.####
Date:
28 Dec 2005 20:39:19 +0000
Message-Id: <1d8e01c60bee$3bd2a3a0$0300a8c0@RDP>
: I have checked in '/dev' that there is no special file called
: '/dev/fb0'. So most probably kernel has no support for framebuffer.
: To do that I need to recompile the kernel. Well, but I don't know
: what to set in the in 'xconfig' for my Video Card 'S3 ProSavage KM133'.
: Can anyone tell me this and what to do next in order to
: directly access framebuffer ?
Setting up linux fb is sometimes a pain. You should google for
this and see what other sites say about kernel setup. And yes,
you'll need to create /dev/fb0 yourself. If you've got a newer
card, you can sometimes run basic VESA bios support,
rather than the sometimes painful process of getting the video
card driver selected.
Regards,
Greg
