[mythtv-users] Framebuffer error

[J. Donavan Stanley]

Aaron wrote:

>Just upgraded mythtv 0.14 to 0.15 with Gentoo emerge.
>Now I get this when I try to watch tv:
>
>      ---------------------- DirectFB v0.9.18 ---------------------
>             (c) 2000-2002  convergence integrated media GmbH  
>             (c) 2002       convergence GmbH                   
>        -----------------------------------------------------------
>
>(*) Single Application Core. (with MMX support) (2003-07-28 02:33)
>(*) DirectFB/misc/memcpy: using SSE optimized memcpy()
>(!) DirectFB/core/fbdev: Couldn't open neither `/dev/fb0' nor `/dev/fb/0'!
>    --> No such file or directory
>(!) DirectFB/Core: Could not initialize 'system' core!
>    --> File not found!
>(!) DirectFB/Core: Error during initialization (File not found!)
>videoout_directfb.cpp <319>:
>        (#) DirectFBError [DirectFBCreate( &(data->dfb) )]: File not found!
>
>I'm running in X-windows, I dont have a /dev/fb0 setup, does it really need
>to run a framebuffer driver. I noticed it loads a DirectFB patch when I emerge
>(gentoo installer) mythtv.
>0.14 was running fine I just upgraded to get the guide data.
>There must be something I'm missing.
>
>  
>

You need to turn off the compilation of the directfb stuff before you 
emerge it.  Why it's on by default with Gentoo is beyond me.