framebuffer radeon grub howto

Esperanza Glass esperanza at comic.com
Wed Jan 21 16:07:36 UTC 2004


> If you are refering to the console framebuffer take a look at
> /usr/src/linux-2.4/Documentation/fb/matroxfb.txt. This has the
> different values listed. In your /etc/grub.conf file add vga=<value>
> to the end of the kernel line. I use vga=795 to get a 1280x1024
> resolution.
> 
Ok I got the resolution changed during boot. Now when I try to use the /dev/fb0 for example with fbset, fbtv or advmame I get the error message

open /dev/fb0: No such device

What does this mean? 

hopey

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