[mythtv-users] RE: Problems starting X with PVR 350

[James Satterfield]

Martin Ravell <martin.ravell at rave-tech.com.au> wrote: 
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>>Does /dev/fb0 exist? What's "fbset -fb /dev/fb0" say?
>>Everything looks okay in your dmesg output after loading the ivtv
>drivers.
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>>James.
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>You may have hit upon something here James. The above command returns the
>following:
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>[root at porky mythtv]# /usr/sbin/fbset -fb /dev/fb0
>open /dev/fb0: No such device
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>Thanks for that, I didn't know there was a fbset prog I could use.
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>Next question. How does one obtain a /dev/fb0?
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When you built your kernel, did you add "Support for frame buffer devices?"
Also, I don't see from your messages that you're loading the ivtv modules at
boot. Or even before you start X.

James.