open /dev/fb0: No such device

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I found a solution in Ubuntu's FrameBuffer wiki entry. I had to edit /boot/grub/menu.lst and add vga=ask to choose the right resolution on boot.

Now everything works fine.

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Updated on September 18, 2022

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  • easl
    easl over 1 year

    I installed fbi framebuffer to view images on TTY terminals (outside X).

    When I do:

    fbi image.jpg
    

    it outputs the following error:

    open /dev/fb0 no such device

    Yet when I run ls /dev/fb*, I can see that I have a directory /dev/fb and a character device /dev/fb0.

  • Jose_X
    Jose_X over 9 years
    Thanks. That's how I ended getting Puppy Linux (slacko) to use its main terminal (ctrl alt F1 or exit jwm to command line) to have /dev/fb0 work. I am writing an X program that I wanted to also run outside X and was wondering if puppy had everything or was missing libraries, etc (BTW, I did have to install their -dev package to use gcc tools). Thanks again.