PS = Pete Stieber PS>> I just upgraded an x86_64 Fedora 10 system to PS>> Fedora 11. Now when I run startx I get the PS>> following complaint. PS>> PS>> (EE) open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory PS>> PS>> Then the screen output says... PS>> PS>> Fatal server error: PS>> Detected GPU lockup PS>> PS>> My Fedora 10 system was using the Fedora Xvfb PS>> package to perform offline processing. I stopped PS>> that server, but I'm still getting the error. PS>> PS>> $ lspci PS>> ... PS>> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV44 PS>> [GeForce 6200 LE] (rev a1) PS>> ... PS>> PS>> I'm wondering how to go about fixing this. I PS>> know this probably isn't enough to "go on", but PS>> just ask, and I'll provide more information. AF = Aldo Foot AF> Hmm... this is just a pointer. At least you'll AF> know what /dev/fb0 is for. AF> AF> http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Framebuffer-HOWTO-3.html AF> AF> "A framebuffer device is an abstraction for the AF> graphic hardware. It represents the frame buffer AF> of some video hardware, and allows application AF> software to access the graphic hardware through a AF> well-defined interface, so that the software doesn't AF> need to know anything about the low-level interface AF> stuff [Taken from Geert Uytterhoeven's AF> framebuffer.txt in the linux kernel sources]" AF> AF> http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Framebuffer-HOWTO-5.html AF> AF> "You'll need to create the framebuffer device in /dev. AF> You need one per framebuffer device, so all you need AF> to do is to type in mknod /dev/fb0 c 29 0 for the first AF> one. Subsequent ones would be in multiples of 32, so for AF> example to create /dev/fb1, you would need to type in AF> mknod /dev/fb1 c 29 32, and so on up to the eighth AF> framebuffer device (mknod /dev/fb7 c 29 224)" I already have a /dev/fb that I didn't create... crw-------. 1 pstieber root 29, 0 2009-06-24 08:15 fb Should I still create /dev/fb0? AF> Just to check the MAJOR and MINOR numbers (also do AF> "man mknod") AF> http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/9807.3/0929.html AF> AF> It looks like the preupgrade process needs some AF> polishing. I used a F11 network install CD to update. Thanks for the help Aldo, Pete -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
