Framebuffer in redhat 8.0

[Conrad Kreyling]

Okay!

Yeah, it's more than definately built as a module. The approach you're
taking assumes it's built kernel-proper, or directly into the kernel. To
insert the module (which I assume is names atyfb), run this as root in a
tty (ctrl-alt-F1):

`modprobe atyfb`

After that, use the "fbset" application to modify how the frame buffer
is acting.

This is the standard non-distro-specific version, I warn you. Red Hat
may have done something stupid.

Con

* Mark Musone (mmusone at shatterit.com) wrote:
> Does anybody know how to enable framebuffer support in redhat 8.0??
> I have an ATI Rage IIC
> 
> it looks like it should already be compiled in, and i added:
> video=atyfb:mode:800x600,font:SUN12x22
> 
> in the kernel arguments in the grub.conf file,
> 
> but when i try to run mplayer with the frambuffer, it says:
> 
> fbdev: Can't open /dev/fb0: No such device
> 
> so i'm assuming that it's not really working..how can i at least check if
> the framebuffer is working?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Mark
> 
> 
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