[Linux-fbdev-users] Re: Problems with loading i810fb (/dev/fb0 missing)

[Ritesh R. S. <rit...@us...>]

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Henryk Fuks wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I am using 82852/855GM integrated graphics device on my Centrino Laptop,
> running kernel 2.6.11 and X.org 6.8.2.
> 
> I would like to have simultaneously two features:
> 1) be able to switch to console via Ctrl-Alt-F1
> 2) run X with framebuffer driver
> 
> I can run VESA framebuffer (using video=791 in lilo.conf), but it
> does not allow me to switch to console (I get black screen), and I cannot
> see boot messages either.
> So I tried i810fb, but I cannot make it work. On my system (Xandros Linux
> 3.02) , i810fb is compiled as kernel module. If I load it by modprobe
> i810fb,
> it appears to get loaded, and  lsmod | grep i810fb  gives the output:
> 
> i810fb                 31872  0
> vgastate               10624  1 i810fb
> agpgart                33576  4 i810fb,drm,intel_agp
> 
> Unfortunately, the device /dev/fb is missing, and fbset gives error:
> open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory
> 
> Am I doing something wrong? Or is there some other option I could
> explore to get the features I listed at the beginning? Any suggestions
> or pointer will be much appreciated.
> 
> Henryk
> 

There's a code for VGA Console in the kernel called vgacon/vgaconfb.
AFAIK without that you don't get a console under fb.

rrs
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