Steffen Neumann wrote: > I have a quite recent woody system, X 4.1 > (exact package version is at home) > and various kernel 2.4.[29] versions, > among them stock kernel-image-2.4.9-k6_*.debs > > My syslog shows that the system doesn't know > how to handle the char-major-226 device. > The include/linux/major.h shows that the > number is reserved, but not for what :-( > > Searching various lists and groups > yields that it might have to do with > <vague> the graphics subsystem </vague>, > but I didn't find a real answer.
crw-rw---- 1 root dri 226, 0 Sep 2 1933 /dev/dri/card0 Are you trying to use the DRI? Do you have the radeon.o kernel module loaded or can the X server load it (look in the server log)? PS: This is not a user list, things like this are better suited for the [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [email protected] mailing lists. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
