Comment 3 for bug 305411

rc libdirectfb-0.9-25 0.9.25.1-6ubuntu3 direct frame buffer graphics - shared libraries
rc libdirectfb-1.0-0 1.0.1-11ubuntu1 direct frame buffer graphics - shared libraries
ii libdirectfb-1.2-0 1.2.7-2ubuntu1 direct frame buffer graphics - shared libraries
ii libdirectfb-dev 1.2.7-2ubuntu1 direct frame buffer graphics library - development files
ii libdirectfb-extra 1.2.7-2ubuntu1 direct frame buffer graphics - extra providers
ii directvnc 0.7.6-1 VNC client using the framebuffer as display

$ dfbinfo

   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| DirectFB 1.2.7 |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
        (c) 2001-2008 The world wide DirectFB Open Source Community
        (c) 2000-2004 Convergence (integrated media) GmbH
      ----------------------------------------------------------------

(*) DirectFB/Core: Single Application Core. (2009-06-02 06:33)
(!) Direct/Util: opening '/dev/fb0' and '/dev/fb/0' failed
    --> No such file or directory
(!) DirectFB/FBDev: Error opening framebuffer device!
(!) DirectFB/FBDev: Use 'fbdev' option or set FRAMEBUFFER environment variable.
(!) DirectFB/Core: Could not initialize 'system_core' core!
    --> Initialization error!
(#) DirectFBError [DirectFBCreate() failed]: Initialization error!

Seems you were right, this is the very same message directvnc gives me. I added directvnc to affects, but they don't seem to track bugs in LP and I have yet to find the upstream tracker.