48441 – udev does not create /dev/fb0

Bug 48441 - udev does not create /dev/fb0

Summary: udev does not create /dev/fb0

Status:	RESOLVED CANTFIX

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware:	x86 Linux

Importance:	High major (vote)
Assignee:	Greg Kroah-Hartman (RETIRED)

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Reported:	2004-04-20 00:46 UTC by qeldroma
Modified:	2004-04-21 08:51 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description qeldroma 2004-04-20 00:46:14 UTC

The framebuffer-devices are not created, although the kernel delivers them.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Bootsplash

Actual Results:  
"....device /dev/fb/0 or /dev/fb0 not found!"

Expected Results:  
find it ;-)

Portage 2.0.50-r6 (default-x86-2004.0, gcc-3.3.2, glibc-2.3.2-r9, 2.6.
5-gentoo_udev)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.5-gentoo_udev i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2600+
Gentoo Base System version 1.4.9
Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.58-r1
Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.3
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -m3dnow -msse -mfpmath=sse -mmmx -O2  -pipe 
-fomit-frame-pointer"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
COMPILER="gcc3"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.
2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config 
/usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ 
/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ 
/usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/qmail/control"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d"
CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -m3dnow -msse -mfpmath=sse -mmmx -O2  -pipe 
-fomit-frame-pointer"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="autoaddcvs buildpkg ccache sandbox"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/Linux/gentoo http:
//ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/mirrors/gentoo"
MAKEOPTS="-j2"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="3dnow X alsa arts artswrappersuid avi berkdb crypt cups dga doc dvd encode 
gdbm gif gpm gtk gtk2 imlib ipv6 java jpeg kde linguas_de maildir mmx mpeg 
ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl pam pdflib perl png python qt quicktime readline 
spell sse ssl tetex tiff truetype unicode wmf x86 xml xml2 xmms xv zlib"

Comment 1 Gregorio Guidi (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-04-21 01:05:31 UTC

You need support from the kernel, which is in 2.6.6-rc2.
From 2.6.6-rc2 changelog:
	o

Comment 2 Gregorio Guidi (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-04-21 01:05:31 UTC

You need support from the kernel, which is in 2.6.6-rc2.
From 2.6.6-rc2 changelog:
	o Sysfs for framebuffer

Comment 3 Greg Kroah-Hartman (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-04-21 08:51:00 UTC

Yes, this is a kernel issue, not a udev issue.  And it's already fixed there :)