From: Matan Ziv-Av (matan@svgalib.org)
Date: Tue 24 Apr 2001 - 17:17:40 IDT
> I get this error with svgalib 1.9.5-5 > > svgalib: Cannot open /dev/svga > > It happens when i try to start "./qf-client-svga" > Thats a quakeforge client. > > I tried 'insmod svgalib_helper' > But i get the error that it is for a other kernel version. > There is no svgalib_helper.o in /lib/modules/2.4.2-2 This is certainly some sort of RedHat bug. Also, I don't know why they chose to use 1.9.5 (which is defined to be pre-alpha). > I have Red Hat 7.1 just installed > Kernel 2.4.2-2 > svgalib 1.9.5-5 and svgalib-devel 1.9.5-5 installed > The videocard is a Matrox G450 > Mainboard Asus cusl2-c > > Any idea how to solve this ?? In any case, G450 is not supported in 1.9.5. What you need to do is: * Download the latest version (1.9.8 or 1.4.3-pre) from http://www.svgalib.org. * Install by running make installsharedlib, which will only install the shared libraries, not include files and man pages which are already installed. Notes: This will probably remove the binaries of the libc5 linked svgalib, so you might want to reinstall them later (on Mandrake that's in package libc-5.3.12-34mdk.i586.rpm If you choose 1.9.8, you also need to install the driver. Change to directory kernel/svgalib_helper, make sure that the headers of the kernel you are running are in /use/src/linux/include (or edit the makefile for INCLUDEDIR to point to the correct headers, and type make. You might also need to do make device, in case /dev/svga is not the correct device node. -- Matan Ziv-Av. matan@svgalib.org ------------------------------------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: To: listbot@svgalib.org Body: unsubscribe linux-svgalib
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