From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-out.m-online.net (mail-out.m-online.net [212.18.0.9]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 023FD67A3A for ; Thu, 25 May 2006 05:57:49 +1000 (EST) To: jourdan@enib.fr From: Wolfgang Denk Subject: Re: Can't get CoralP drivers to work Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 24 May 2006 18:54:00 +0200." <3799.194.3.133.184.1148489640.squirrel@webmail.enib.fr> Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 21:57:47 +0200 Sender: wd@denx.de Message-Id: <20060524195747.0CE6E353BFD@atlas.denx.de> Cc: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org List-Id: Linux on Embedded PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , In message <3799.194.3.133.184.1148489640.squirrel@webmail.enib.fr> you wrote: > > I have a MPC8260 processor card with a Coral-P evaluation board (rev 4.0). > My system do not have keyboard nor mouse (i use the serial console). > > I use linux kernel 2.4.25 & 2.6.9. We have instructions on our web site; did you read these? > I'm trying to get the framebuffer driver to work. During the boot the > driver loads fine but the monitor remains blank (no video signal). If i > try to `cat /dev/urandom > /dev/fb/0` nothing happens. Are you using devfs? Don't! Use /dev/fb0 > I compiled an Xserver (Release 6.9), and the x11 drivers for the coralp. > When I start X, it says that it can not open tty0 (indeed it doesn't > exists). Well, you got an error message (tty0 cannot be opened), you verified that it is valid (tty0 does not exist), so fix the problem... > For kernel 2.6.9 : Can't comment on Coreal-P on 2.6.x Best regards, Wolfgang Denk -- Software Engineering: Embedded and Realtime Systems, Embedded Linux Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: wd@denx.de War is never imperative. -- McCoy, "Balance of Terror", stardate 1709.2