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Old 11-10-2001, 02:23 PM   #1
Eander
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X problems in Slackware

I've just reinstalled Slack on my box and now when I issue the startx command it gives me this error message:

Fatal server error:
open_framebuffer: failed to open /dev/fb0 (No such device)

What's going on? I checked /dev and there is a fb0 item in there. What can I do to fix this?
 
Old 11-10-2001, 04:56 PM   #2
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hello,
I would guess that xfree86 needs to be set up again and/or the wrong driver is being loaded.
 
Old 11-12-2001, 12:01 AM   #3
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i have has this problem before after a fresh install of slackware in the past, usually by simply running the xf86config to configure X solves the problem.
 
Old 11-12-2001, 07:12 PM   #4
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Slack dosn't configure X during the install, you have to run xf86config post install.
 
  


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