Re: Re: Getting started
Charles Lepple <[email protected]>
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On 8/19/05, William Estrada <[email protected]> wrote: > Like magic the /dev/fb and /dev/fb0 > were defined by the system (??). This bit of magic is "udev". It gets messages from the kernel when drivers are loaded, and it creates device nodes for you. When using udev, the /dev filesystem is actually created in a ramdisk, which explains why the device nodes disappeared when you rebooted. > Now I need to know how to make more Frame Buffer devices! Typically, you get one frame buffer device node per video card. (/dev/fb is probably a link to /dev/fb0) -- - Charles Lepple ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf