[mythtv-users] RE: Problems starting X with PVR 350

Daniel Savard dsavard at cids.ca
Sun Aug 29 21:24:54 EDT 2004


Le dim 29/08/2004 à 19:39, Martin Ravell a écrit :
> [stuff removed]
> 
> >
> >Does /dev/fb0 exist? What's "fbset -fb /dev/fb0" say?
> >Everything looks okay in your dmesg output after loading the ivtv drivers.
> >
> >James.
> 
> 
> You may have hit upon something here James. The above command returns the
> following:
> 
> [root at porky mythtv]# /usr/sbin/fbset -fb /dev/fb0
> open /dev/fb0: No such device
> 
> 
> Thanks for that, I didn't know there was a fbset prog I could use.
> 
> Next question. How does one obtain a /dev/fb0?

You can just create the special file as root in /dev:

mknod fb0 c 29 0

Normally, it should have been created when you installed your distro if
you are not using devfs or udev.

> 
> Not being up on how linux does it's device handling I'd assumed that this
> device is part of the PVR350 and that the system would find it at boot. Do I
> have to build it somehow?
> 
> The How-To guides I've been looking through don't mention this as far as I
> can tell.
> 
> Could I have a bad card?
> 
> 
> Regards
> Marty
> 
> PS. Logs etc at the usual http://www.rave-tech.com.au/mythtv/
> 

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