Hi! Just because the device file exists does not mean the framebuffer is running.
Check: cat /proc/fb And see what the output is. There should be some info about your framebuffer driver, at least ist name... If there is no output there is no framebuffer loaded. Regards, Richard Unger > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von amit bag > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 07. März 2007 07:25 > An: [email protected] > Betreff: [directfb-users] help > > Hi, > I was trying to write a small C application to use DirectFB > to draw a horizontal line on RedHat 9 machine, but get the > following error during runtime... > =======================| DirectFB 1.0.0-rc4 |======================= > (c) 2001-2006 United Cultures of Earth - go for > outer space! > (c) 2000-2004 Convergence (integrated media) GmbH > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > (*) DirectFB/Core: Single Application Core. (2007-02-27 07:33) > (!) Direct/Util: opening '/dev/fb0' failed > --> No such device > (!) DirectFB/FBDev: Error opening framebuffer device! > (!) DirectFB/FBDev: Use 'fbdev' option or set FRAMEBUFFER > environment variable. > (!) DirectFB/Core: Could not initialize 'system' core! > --> Initialization error! > src/directfb.c <25>: > (#) DirectFBError [DirectFBCreate (&dfb)]: > Initialization error! > > I tried 'fbset -i' on my system > to get: > > fbset -i > open /dev/fb0: No such device > > When I do ls /dev/fb0 I get /dev/fb0. > > But does this mean that I don't have a frame buffer device > installed or running? > So please help in running the program > . > Is there any DirectFB configuration which might help the case? > regards > Amit Kumar Bag > > ________________________________ > > Here's a new way to find what you're looking for - Yahoo! > Answers > <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/in/yanswers/*http://in.answers.ya > hoo.com/> > _______________________________________________ directfb-users mailing list [email protected] http://mail.directfb.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/directfb-users
