XFree86 4.1.0's vesa driver is not the same as fbdev. XF86_FBDev is a 3.3.6
thing. There's also an fbdev driver for 4.x, but I've never gotten it to
work (but the vesa driver does work well enough...)

-----Original Message-----
From: Malcolm Edwards [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2001 8:17 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Newbie]configuring VESA driver


Thanks to those who replied, I feel I am almost there.

The framebuffer now works, I am trying to use Xfree86_FBDev but it is 
having problems. The error being produced is:

open_framebuffer: failed to open /dev/fb0 (No such device)

Even though /dev/fb0 definately does exist.

Is the vesa driver the same thing as FBDev?

I have enclosed my XF86Config-4 file, which I altered myself according 
to the directions of the framebuffer howto.

Thanks again,

Malcolm

Lionel Lecoq wrote:

> Hi,
> On my box with RH7.1 there is no svga driver for 4.0.3
> 
> I have to use the vesa driver which does its job
> correctly even if not exceedingly fast...
> post your XF86Config-4...
> Lionel

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