Re: [Linux-fbdev-users] Re: Getting started

[James L. <ja...@ak...>]

If you want to use more than one video card then that implies that you =
need at least one that is PCI. I have had success using 5 Matrox PCI =
cards (all slots full).

EZFB has built in features for multiple video cards and an example =
program that will initialize and put a picture on every working frame =
buffer in your system.

http://www.akrobiz.com/ezfb/

James.   :o)


  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: William Estrada=20
  To: Charles Lepple=20
  Cc: lin...@li...=20
  Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 1:23 PM
  Subject: Re: [Linux-fbdev-users] Re: Getting started


  Charles,

    Thanks for the pointer.  That's was good information.

    I will be adding another video card to my system soon.  Do you know
  of a URL that could help with this task?  I don't know if I will be
  using a NVidia card or not.  Will the system auto-magically configure
  it for this setup?



    William Estrada   --  MrUmunhum at popdial dot com  --  408-997-0743
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  Charles Lepple wrote:=20
On 8/19/05, William Estrada <mru...@po...> wrote:
  Like magic the /dev/fb and /dev/fb0
 were defined by the system (??).
   =20
This bit of magic is "udev". It gets messages from the kernel when
drivers are loaded, and it creates device nodes for you. When using
udev, the /dev filesystem is actually created in a ramdisk, which
explains why the device nodes disappeared when you rebooted.

  Now I need to know how to make more Frame Buffer devices!
   =20
Typically, you get one frame buffer device node per video card.
(/dev/fb is probably a link to /dev/fb0)