Re: [Linux-fbdev-users] Error: /dev/fb0: No such device

[James S. <jsi...@tr...>]

> Hello ,
> 
> I  compiled the kernel with the VESA frame buffer
> driver and made changes in lilo.conf by adding
> VGA=ask in addition to other standard enteries.
> 
> The system booted ok , it asked for which mode I gave
> 80*43 and everything was working fine. After logging
> in as root , I gave the command
> 
> cp /dev/fb0 screen
> 
> It gave a error
> 
> /dev/fb0 : No such device
> 
> The documentation said that you can use /dev/fb0 in
> the same way as /dev/mem .
> 
> Am I missing something ?

What does dmesg say. Also can you do a cat /proc/fb.