[mythtv-users] Framebuffer error
J. Donavan Stanley
jdonavan at jdonavan.net
Thu Jun 10 20:08:35 EDT 2004
Aaron wrote:
>Just upgraded mythtv 0.14 to 0.15 with Gentoo emerge.
>Now I get this when I try to watch tv:
>
> ---------------------- DirectFB v0.9.18 ---------------------
> (c) 2000-2002 convergence integrated media GmbH
> (c) 2002 convergence GmbH
> -----------------------------------------------------------
>
>(*) Single Application Core. (with MMX support) (2003-07-28 02:33)
>(*) DirectFB/misc/memcpy: using SSE optimized memcpy()
>(!) DirectFB/core/fbdev: Couldn't open neither `/dev/fb0' nor `/dev/fb/0'!
> --> No such file or directory
>(!) DirectFB/Core: Could not initialize 'system' core!
> --> File not found!
>(!) DirectFB/Core: Error during initialization (File not found!)
>videoout_directfb.cpp <319>:
> (#) DirectFBError [DirectFBCreate( &(data->dfb) )]: File not found!
>
>I'm running in X-windows, I dont have a /dev/fb0 setup, does it really need
>to run a framebuffer driver. I noticed it loads a DirectFB patch when I emerge
>(gentoo installer) mythtv.
>0.14 was running fine I just upgraded to get the guide data.
>There must be something I'm missing.
>
>
>
You need to turn off the compilation of the directfb stuff before you
emerge it. Why it's on by default with Gentoo is beyond me.
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