[Linux-fbdev-devel] Frame buffer Reading fails!!

[Abhilash <abh...@av...>]

Hello,

As u suggested I tried following code in RedHat7.1.
But it shows

 "The framebuffer device was opened successfully."
 "Error reading fixed information."

What could be the problem?
I am new to this.

Thank you,
Abhilash.


#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <linux/fb.h>
#include <sys/mman.h>

int main()
{
    int fbfd =3D 0;
    struct fb_var_screeninfo vinfo;
    struct fb_fix_screeninfo finfo;
    long int screensize =3D 0;
    char *fbp =3D 0;
    int x =3D 0, y =3D 0;
    long int location =3D 0;

    // Open the file for reading and writing
    fbfd =3D open("/dev/fb0", O_RDWR);
    if (!fbfd) {
        printf("Error: cannot open framebuffer device.\n");
        exit(1);
    }
    printf("The framebuffer device was opened successfully.\n");

    // Get fixed screen information
    if (ioctl(fbfd, FBIOGET_FSCREENINFO, &finfo)) {
        printf("Error reading fixed information.\n");
        exit(2);
    }
}

----- Original Message -----
From: "Geert Uytterhoeven" <ge...@li...>
To: "Abhilash" <abh...@av...>
Cc: "Linux Frame Buffer Device Development"
<lin...@li...>
Sent: Friday, December 27, 2002 5:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] Screen Capturing


> On Fri, 27 Dec 2002, Abhilash wrote:
> > I need to capture the screen .For that I use mirror driver in
Windows
for
> > capturing screen.
> > ie, its basically overloading the driver functions.
> >
> > So in case of Linux, is there any method like this or which is the
best
> > method?
> > In Xlib there are some functions to capture screen and also heard
abt
VESA
> > which is better?
>
> If you are using a frame buffer device, you can capture the contents
of
> /dev/fb*. Either read from /dev/fb*, or mmap() it. The data you
receive
are in
> the native format of the graphics chip. For CLUT modes, you have to
use an
> ioctl() to get the colormap.
>
> Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
>
> Geert