From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from QMTA04.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net (qmta04.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net [76.96.62.40]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D05210AA0 for ; Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:16:31 -0400 (EDT) Received: from OMTA11.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.36]) by QMTA04.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id WeLp1a0010mv7h054fHepa; Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:17:38 +0000 Received: from [10.55.2.75] ([192.195.230.250]) by OMTA11.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id WfGh1a0065Qo5PC3XfGkcT; Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:16:48 +0000 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=rITDv7nW5hcA:10 a=oCcaPWc0AAAA:8 a=QGK-ctcuAAAA:8 a=pZL_cCzy9dMjxRfMeK0A:9 a=5mkr9QFWkGxpYQ3586IA:7 a=4MQJMEW8mVz0lP5s1gWGRfh77RIA:4 a=8UL1S1SzPDgA:10 Message-ID: <4901E708.40405@comcast.net> Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 10:17:28 -0500 From: Garrett Klein User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows/20080914) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: Framebuffer Support Missing References: <20081023192755.GA7736@lnx3.holmesgrown.com> <20081024061857.GA11155@lnx3.holmesgrown.com> <20081024084856.GA24647@cq.ftml.net> In-Reply-To: <20081024084856.GA24647@cq.ftml.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Reply-To: garrettklein@comcast.net, "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:16:32 -0000 Try modprobe uvesafb. I don't know if Debian uses that yet, but it's pretty awesome. The best way to do it is modprobe uvesafb mode=your native resolution (e.g. 1280x1024):32 Garrett Chuck Hallenbeck wrote: > Hi Steve, > > On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 11:18:57PM -0700, Steve Holmes wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: RIPEMD160 >> >> Well, I need to update my post some. I looked at the linux-image >> package and further at /lib/modules/2.6.26.... directory and I do >> actually find a couple modules who start with 'fb' in the video >> subdirectory. But still no /dev/fb device. If this kernel was >> prebuilt with the options as shown in the related config file in >> /boot, then I would expect the kernel to include framebuffer support. >> If that is the case, then how does one get the framebuffer support to >> be active so the device exists. Do I have to mess around with udev >> some how? >> > > No, you don't have to mess with the udev configuration. Frame buffers > are activated in your initramfs by default. Are you certain you are > using an initrd? It is at that point that your devices are detected, > acpi is begun, modules for ide, sata, and usb are begun, along with > frame buffers by default. It looks to me like you are not actually > executing an initial ram FS. > > Chuck > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.8.2/1741 - Release Date: 10/23/2008 7:54 AM > -- Garrett Klein Visit me and my girlfriend's blog at http://garrettk17.dyndns.org