On Jan 16, 2008 5:55 PM, Ivan Jager <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 16 Jan 2008, mel kravitz wrote: > > Hi, > > First-thanks for your reply. > > 1)When i boot with stock kernel 2.6.22-3-alpha-smp ,i go ->into > X-session > > (gnome-session, gdm is installed) . > > Hmm, but before starting X, does it use a framebuffer driver or text mode?
obviously boots from aboot in text mode , reaches gdm point in boot and after 3 tries at X session , i can log in at console(text). > > You may need to look closely, or maybe look at dmesg. You could also press > Ctrl-Alt-F1 to go back to a normal console. > /var/log/xorg.0.log last ebntry is 'no /dev/fb0' > > > 2)My video card is 'glint' driver(pm2 card).driver in/etc/X11/ xorg.confis > > 'glint'. > > 3)I am not using 'fbdev' as driver in xorg.conf > > 4)In kernel .config file i have all the graphics options enabled that i > > normally would need. > > Does that include CONFIG_FB_PM2? > yes. > > > 5) there is no /dev/fb0, #ls -l /dev/fb0 -> /dev/null on my box? > i meen not present. > > Not existing is different from a symlink to /dev/null. Anyways, does it > not exist with either kernel? > have not checked with stock kernel 2.6.22.3.....i will do that tommorow when i get back to the box. xorg.conf has not changed between kernels. > > Are you using the UseFBDev option in xorg.conf? > not that i remember, i will check it. > > Have you very carefully looked through /var/log/Xorg.0.log and compared it > to what you get when it does work? > good point, i will check it. alpha is obviosly different than i386, is there an fbset command in debian? > > Ivan > > > On Jan 16, 2008 2:49 PM, Ivan Jager <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> On Wed, 16 Jan 2008, mel kravitz wrote: > >>> Try lenny or testing disk 1, i just booted and installed testing on a > >> Titan > >>> -ES45, out of the box everything worked. On another note building a > >> custom > >>> linux-2.26.23-12 kernel builds fine and boots but xinit fails with 'No > >>> /dev/fb0' support, this of course is xorg. All graphics/ fbdev kernel > >>> options are turned on. > >>> Any help here would be appreciated. > >> > >> Forgive me for asking the obvious questions, but: > >> > >> What graphics card do you have? > >> > >> Why does xinit care about /dev/fb0? Are you using the framebuffer > driver > >> in xorg? If so, why aren't you using the driver for your video card? > Are > >> you using the option that tries to do framebuffer magic when switching > >> VTs? > >> > >> Is one of the kernel's framebuffer drivers getting used? IE, is your > >> console in text mode or graphics mode? Which framebuffer driver was > >> getting used with the previous kernel? > >> > >> Does /dev/fb0 exist? Are you running udev? > >> > >> From the little you said, my best guess would be that you are using the > >> fbdev xorg driver, and aren't getting the kernel framebuffer initalized > >> for some reason. > >> > >> Ivan > >> > > >
