Crotalus
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Posted: Dec. 30 2003,01:07 |
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The How-To is about how to activate a fb0 device on a computer that is having this error:
modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module fb0
XIO: fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0"
after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.
Or something to that effect. This might solve other errors too, personally, I'm not sure.
To begin, if you are having the above error, you will boot into a console after it.
Now, type cd etc at this console then type nano lilo.conf. This should have gotten you to a text editor showing the configuration
file of LILO, the linux bootloader. Now, look for a line that looks like this:
vga=791
The number might be diffrent, but I believe that's the default. After you have found this
line, you're going to need to edit the number there. The original number doesn't work so
you need to try others. Here is a list of valid parameters for this.
Colours Resolution
640x400 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1152x864 1280x1024 1600x1200
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16 | ? ? 770 ? ? ? ?
256 | 768 769 771 773 353 775 796
32,768 | ? 784 787 790 354 793 797
65,536 | ? 785 788 791 355 794 798
16.8 million | ? 786 789 792 ? 795 799
16.8 million | ? ? ? ? 356 ? ?
Once you have edited lilo.conf, press and hold CTRL and press
X then press Y to save it, and then press ENTER.
Now, you should be back at the console. Type lilo to have LILO, the
Linux Bootloader, re-read the configuration file. If you skip this step, your computer might
not be able to boot-up, resulting in a re-install of linux, or just the loader. You can now
restart the computer, and when you boot up you should see a little penguin in top-left hand
corner. To reset the fb0 device to the way it was, instead of putting a number, put
normal. I have tryed this on a NM2090 (NeoMagic Graph128V). Please
leave your video card's manufacturer and chipset/model number and amount of memory if this
worked for you.
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thanx to dan for showing it me (this post i mean) and Crotalus for the info via this post