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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
: High major
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)
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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 :)