On Sat, 30 Mar 2002, Jeffrey Drake wrote:
> I am trying to get freebsd and ggi to work. I have downloaded the > latest releases. I tried the cvs but couldn't get configure properly > built and working. When you use the CVS sources, the configure script must be generated before. The autogen.sh script does this. If it makes you troubles, then please give us the output you get. > Everything compiled find, with the exception that ggi's configure > script complained (but not fatally) that it couldn't find gii, even > though I installed gii right before hand. Try the --with-gii configure option. > After compiling, and told it to use the kgl display target, and ran a > program under the programs subdir. kgl? You mean the (obseleted) kgi target? > The program would change display modes, the screen would turn green > and freeze the entire machine. > > I have since loaded 'vesa.ko' kernel module, and it identified my > card, but still caused the same problem. AFAIK, kgi on FreeBSD can't work, because the port of KGI to FreeBSD in a work in progress. Nicholas: What's the status of the port of KGI to FreeBSD? > I do not have X installed let alone running. I imagine it is > potentially possible that gii might not be found, but that shouldn't > cause a freeze. Jeffrey: But there's a vgl target, you can/should try. CU, Christoph Egger E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
