Sorry no clue on this; i'll try have to look into this when my wife stops having migraines as she is my most handy set of eyes. Regards, Kerry. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Holmes" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 2:18 PM Subject: Re: Framebuffer Support Missing > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: RIPEMD160 > > Well, I need to update my post some. I looked at the linux-image > package and further at /lib/modules/2.6.26.... directory and I do > actually find a couple modules who start with 'fb' in the video > subdirectory. But still no /dev/fb device. If this kernel was > prebuilt with the options as shown in the related config file in > /boot, then I would expect the kernel to include framebuffer support. > If that is the case, then how does one get the framebuffer support to > be active so the device exists. Do I have to mess around with udev > some how? > > On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 12:27:55PM -0700, Steve Holmes wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: RIPEMD160 >> >> I guess when I installed Debian Lenny testing last week, the provided >> kernel apparently did not come with modules to support framebuffer >> support. The config shows many fb options as yes or modular and the >> framebuffer-support option is set to 'y'. But there is no /dev/fb >> device shown and when I did a find . -iname fb* inside the >> /lib/modules directory, I found nothing. >> >> When I look in aptitude for linux-modules, all I find is >> linux-modules-2.6.26-1-xen-686 and that is incompatible with my >> version; the name is slightly different and it created a separate >> directory in /lib/modules with the xen in the name; it does have the >> fb modules but I think that xen package is for a 2.6.26.8 kernel if I >> read things right. I would think there should be a linux-modules for >> the original 2.6.26-1 image. Am I missing something or what? >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) >> >> iEYEAREDAAYFAkkA0DsACgkQWSjv55S0LfHhigCfUN19TLszFN3WbBaJ4z44XE3O >> Cy4AoN8VsBSN19LkPdNoj3yq6IshqjKh >> =Ysbe >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > > iEYEAREDAAYFAkkBaNEACgkQWSjv55S0LfHVeQCfcgfdW/KC0DQnV45wM3zoZkcD > emIAnROte7iYXeOvfY1muPsQg5szZoU9 > =CsAE > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
