I had the same problem, I missed couple of SDL packages... here is my package list under debian :
ii libsdl1.2-dev 1.2.11-8 Simple DirectMedia Layer development files ii libsdl1.2debian 1.2.11-8 Simple DirectMedia Layer ii libsdl1.2debian-alsa 1.2.11-8 Simple DirectMedia Layer (with X11 and ALSA also check the following file : /sys/class/misc/kvm/dev I had to create a file manually using mknod... mknod /dev/kvm c (low and high number of the file above hope this helps you out Víctor Abeytua García wrote: > Hello, > I know this is not probably the place, but as I haven't found a > kvm-users list and probably some of you have encountered the same problem I > feel > it's the best place to post my problem. I have a macbook pro running Feisty > with a Radeon Mobility X1600 and VMX cpu support and I was quite interested in > trying kvm. I followed the steps of any of the online manuals, but I didn't > get > far. As soon as I tried to install Windows XP: > > kvm -no-acpi -m 384 -cdrom /dev/cdrom -boot d windows.img > > I obtained the following output: > > ---------------------- DirectFB v0.9.25 --------------------- > (c) 2000-2002 convergence integrated media GmbH > (c) 2002-2004 convergence GmbH > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > (*) DirectFB/Core: Single Application Core. (2006-12-20 21:25) > (*) Direct/Memcpy: Using MMX optimized memcpy() > (!) 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! > --> Initialization error! > Could not initialize SDL - exiting > > I checked and couldn't find any framebuffer device in my computer. After > googling a lot, creating those devices manually, trying to boot with both the > propietary and open source driver, loading the radeonfb module I haven't been > able to avoid this problem. Could someone in the list enlighten me? > > Best regards, > Víctor > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > _______________________________________________ > kvm-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kvm-devel > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ kvm-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kvm-devel
