https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30086
--- Comment #7 from walt <[email protected]> 2010-09-09 15:32:40 PDT --- (In reply to comment #6) > (In reply to comment #5) > > In my case that device wasn't created during boot until I added > > console framebuffer support in the kernel. CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=y > > Why would you *not* have fbcon=y? Without fbcon, you will not have a text > console at all with Nouveau. Now I remember. My mistake was building fbcon as a module. When I changed it to built-in then everything started working correctly. Before I figured it all out, I loaded the fbcon module from a blank console screen before starting X -- thus getting the missing device error mentioned by the OP. If there's a way to shoot yourself in the foot -- I promise to find it :) -- Configure bugmail: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug. _______________________________________________ Nouveau mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/nouveau
