/dev/fb0 device does not exist

[Ingvar Hagelund; UiO]

Hello again everybody

I'm back with some questions on linuxppc-1999 on the 43P-133 (7248-133).

When I try to start the fb_dev X-server or try to use the fbset command, I
only get the error
/dev/fb0: No such device

ls -l /dev/fb0 gives me
crw----rwx   1 ingvar   root      29,   0 Jan 28  2000 /dev/fb0

so the device file should exist.

Does this mean my kernel has no support for the frame buffer device?

I run linuxppc-1999 with kernel 2.2.6-16aprep, with no changes on the
kernel since the installation.

Ingvar

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