On Mon, Sep 04, 2000 at 08:36:22PM +0200, Christoph Egger wrote:
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> On Mon, 4 Sep 2000, Larry wrote:
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> >
> > Maybe I don't understand how ggi is supposed to work but
> > when I try out the programs in the libggi#.#.#/programs/demos
> > directory I get an error that says my /dev/fb# doesn't exist.
> >
> > I had no problem with the installation. I installed ggi, gii,
> > and the svgalib4ggi packages and everything went smoothly.
> >
> > I also rebuilt the kernel with:
> >
> > [*] Video mode selection support
> > [*] Support for frame buffer devices
> > [*] Vesa vga graphics console
> >
> > I made sure that /dev/fb# really existed.
> >
> > And this is the error I get:
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > display-fbdev: Couldn't open framebuffer device /dev/fb0:
> > No such file or directory
> >
> > SVGAlib target called from the SVGAlib wrapper! Terminating.
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > So can anyone help?
>
> Sure. You forgot to load either the fbdev- or the kgicon-driver.
Where are these drivers?
>
> Example:
>
> If you have a matrox card and you wanna use the matroxfb driver, then type
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> insmod matroxfb
>
I have an S3_Virge and I have no such drivers as S3_Virgefb.
I guess I still don't understand. (:
