Xfbdev problem : Touch screen not found

From: Laurent Le Moux (laurent.lemoux_at_voila.fr)
Date: 06/24/04 

Date: 24 Jun 2004 08:00:37 -0700

Hi,

Recently, I decided to install Linux on my laptop. I tried 2 great
Debian-based distributions : Knoppix and Damn Small Linux (DSL).
I finally go for Knoppix which is more complete but, like DSL, I would
prefer to use Xfbdev instead of the classical XFree86 (to limit the
memory usage).

So, I downloaded and installed the corresponding Debian package :
xserver-tinyx-fbdev_4.1.0-3_i386.deb.
Then, I renamed S99kdm to noS99kdm in /etc/rc5.d to prevent kdm from
starting.
Finally, I created the following 3 files in my user home directory :

.xserverrc :
exec /usr/bin/X11/Xfbdev -2button -nolisten tcp -I &>xserver.log

.xinitrc :
icewm

.bash_profile :
#!/bin/bash
startx

Unfortunately, when I try to log in, I get a black screen.
After rebooting the laptop as root, I have a look to the xserver.log
generated by Xfbdev. I have the following error message :

Touch screen not found
: No such device

As always, I searched the Web for a tip. I only found some references
to missing files in /dev. But DSL doesn't have these files...
Am I supposed to load some missing modules with modprobe in the kernel
?

I hope somebody will be able to help me because I'm struggling for a
couple of days now.

Thanks in advance,

Laurent

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