i found a solution for this. the problem is that directfb tries to open /dev/fb/0 when that file doesn't exist!
jump in irc.freenode.net #splashy . we will be fixing this soon. On 4/15/05, Thomas Kule�a <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Same for me on pure Sarge with an NVIDIA FX5200. > On start up I only get some text mode messages "Boot process 10%..." > and so on. On shutdown I get the boot image, but too small, not 102x768 > I added a vga=xxx option to my grub configuration, setting VESA frame > buffer resolution to 1024x768, but it doesn't help. > > cheers, > > thomas > > Am Freitag, 15.04.05, um 15:24 Uhr (Europe/Berlin) schrieb Sven > Arvidsson: > > > Alvin Smith wrote: > >> Does not seems to be compatible with my Debian Sid system. > > > > Doesn't work for me either. Debian sid (with Xorg packages from Ubuntu > > if it matters). > > > > I did get a warning about this line in /etc/init.d/splashy: > > . /lib/lsb/init-functions > > But even after I installed the lsb stuff it doesn't work. > > > > Anyway, this looks like cool stuff, can't wait to try it out! > > > > -- > > Cheers, > > Sven Arvidsson > > http://www.whiz.se > > PGP Key ID 760BDD22 > > <signature.asc> > Thomas Kule�a > Weidengasse 51/50668 Cologne/Germany > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED], phone: +491774519662, aim: tkuul > > > -- ----)(----- Luis M System Administrator Kiskeyix.org "We think basically you watch television to turn your brain off, and you work on your computer when you want to turn your brain on" -- Steve Jobs in an interview for MacWorld Magazine 2004-Feb No .doc: http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.es.html
