Re: Re: Getting started
William Estrada <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.fbdev.user |
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| Organization | Mt Umunhum WIreless dot net |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Charles, Thanks for the pointer. That's was good information. I will be adding another video card to my system soon. Do you know of a URL that could help with this task? I don't know if I will be using a NVidia card or not. Will the system auto-magically configure it for this setup? William Estrada <http://www.Mt-Umunhum-Wireless.net/resume/william_estrada.html> -- MrUmunhum at popdial dot com <mailto:[email protected]> -- 408-997-0743 Ymessenger ID: MrUmunhum HTTP://Mt-Umunhum-Wireless.net Charles Lepple wrote: >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) > > >