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Berlin Brown
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>Berlin Brown wrote:
>
> > I would like to play with GGI but I am having problems with KGI and I
>will
> > never put Xwindows on my system again.
>
>Well, what caused this strong disappointment? X as such is not bad,
>given it
>is widely used for years now...
>
> > Basically, I cannot compile, make
> > KGI-0.9.
> > I am currently running redhat linux 6.2 with a linux-2.2.14-5.0 kernel
>and
> > that is what shows in my .configure files. I am trying to build the
> > kgi-0.9-20000418 snapshot.
>
>Please try the new snapshot released today. However, you should be aware
>it is still in development state and there are know areas where it is
>likely
>to give you probably mode trouble than somewhat well configured XFree
>3.3.3
>system.
>
>Also the Permedia2 is the only supported chipset at the moment.
>
> > I am currently running root and thats the only user I use.
>
>This has nothing to do with Xwindows, and I strongly recommend you
>change
>this a soon as you can.
>
> > First thing I did is tar the linux source code(big file I know) and then
>I
> > did a gzip. Now I tarred the actual linux folder, I didnot tar from
>within
> > the folder itself(if that means anything). So I now copy the tarred
>linux
> > source to the kgi-0.9/Linux/ folder and then ascend to kgi-0.9 and do a
> > ./configure. It extracts the tar and then says that there is an error,
>the
> > linux source is not found, cant do kernel make. Ok, so I play with the
> > configure tool and then place the source in the right directory and I
>get
> > configure working.
>
>The file need to be gzipped, so you may need to do
>
> bunzip2 linux-v.e.r.tar.bz2
> gzip linux-v.e.r.tar
>
> > - At this point ./configure works ok. S
> > - Now I think I should get KGI-0.9 ready to add to the kernel.
> > - I do a 'make' in the KGI-0.9 directory and it makes all kinds of
> > files, in the Linux source directory
> > - It takes about a hour so far, and then all the sudden I get a 'make
>error'
> > - I get a whole page of errors about libGGI.c and then make fails.
>
>the libGGI tree in the kgi-0.9 snapshot is broken. Please refer to
>the installation section of kgi-0.9/README.install what to do in what
>order.
>
> > I dont know what to do at this point. I guess you all know that libGGI
>is
> > different from the 'real libGGI', I haven't even gotten to that point
>yet.
> > Like I said earlier I am running as root, so where kgi puts the include
> > files may be different for a different user. But when I add another
>user I
> > get a lot of permission denied errors, hmm...
> >
> > Another thing, how do I know if the make worked correctly on kgi-0.9 and
> > then what do I do after that. make install kernel? make modules?
>
>Have you read the README.install file, section "installation" already?
>If not, please do first, and if so, please let me know where it is
>confusing to you.
>
>Steffen
>
>PS: Please direct any further questions about KGI to one of the KGI
>development
>lists. (See http://www.kgi-project.org, Developer Resources/Mailing
>Lists)
>
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