Re: [Linux-fbdev-users] Framebuffer devices as modules?

[Antonino A. D. <ad...@gm...>]

Florian Echtler wrote:
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> Hi, I was trying to have fbcon and nvidiafb as modules, however,
> the console stays plain VGA when I load both. fbset complains 
> about "no such device: /dev/fb0".. (the device itself exists, and
> works when everything is compiled into the kernel).

What kernel version are you using?

Can you post your dmesg after doing a modprobe nvidiafb and modprobe
fbcon?  Note that you can load the modules in any order, it does not
matter.

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> Moreover, how can I pass the "video=.." option from the kernel
> commandline to the modules?

modprobe nvidiafb options <name>=<value>

Tony