Re: [matroxfb] Second head is on but fb1 not accessible

From: Petr Vandrovec
Date: Mon Feb 09 2004 - 08:14:56 EST


On 9 Feb 04 at 14:09, Jan Mynarik wrote:

> I'm using matroxfb from (2.6.2 and 2.6.0 patch from
> http://platan.vc.cvut.cz/ftp/pub/linux/matrox-latest/ tested too) on
> G400 (32MB dual head). Other details are SMP, preempt kernel, Debian
> unstable.
>
> Cannot open /dev/fb1: No such device

Make sure that /dev/fb1 is character device 29,1 and not 29,32. 2.2.x kernels
accept 29,32 only, 2.4.x accept both, and 2.6.x accept 29,1 only.
Petr Vandrovec


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