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Ciro Santilli OurBigBook.com
Asked: 2016-08-29 11:59:28 +0800 CST

How to run netsurf-fb? Fails with: "Unable to set video: Could not set console screen info fbdev"

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On Ubuntu 16.04, I've done:

# Go to TTY with Ctrl + Alt + F1
sudo apt-get install netsurf-fb
sudo usermod -aG 'audio,input,video' "$USER"
# Logout, login.
netsurf-fb

And it fails with:

Unable to set video: Could not set console screen info fbdev

sudo didn't help either.

netsurf version 3.2.

fbi and vlc did work on the other hand.

framebuffer

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    I had a similar problem getting netsurf to run, but managed to fix it thanks to persistence and blind luck.

    Problem 1: init mouse failed Solution: Add myself to the input group (the group that owns /dev/input/mice

    Problem 2: Unable to set video: Could not set console screen info fbdev Solution: Install the xserver-xorg-video-fbdev and fbset packages

    Problem 3: Running netsurf causes the screen to go blank and the system to hang, requiring a hard reboot Solution: I ran it in verbose mode and redirected standard error to a file, and I saw that netsurf was complaining about not being able to find DejaVuSans.ttf. I copied the file from /usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu to /usr/share/netsurf

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