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On Jan 21, 2004 at 11:07, Esperanza Glass in a soothing rage wrote:

>> 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? 
Exactly what it says. There is no device /dev/fb0.
Take a look at /usr/src/linux-2.4/Documentation/fb/framebuffer.txt
it should tell you more. You may have to create the nodes.
man MAKEDEV for more info.

N.Emile...
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