nanogui@linuxhacker.org

About mouse, I did this on my RH 7 box:

# /etc/init.d/gpm stop
# gpm -R -t imps2

NOTE: use your mouse type, I used it for my PS/2 wheel mouse.

About graphics make sure you used config.fb as config before make, if all 
else fails try 789 instead of 0301.

-debugger

>From: Supriyo Chatterjea <supriyo_chatterjea@yahoo.com.sg>
>
>Hi,
>
>Thanks for the help! I managed to get the framebuffer
>to work (I can see the cute penguin logo during
>booting up! :) )
>
>I chose 0301 at the VGA prompt. The problem is when I
>try to run a certain microwindows demo, say, "nterm" I
>get the following error:
>
>Cannot initialise mouse
>Cannot open graphics
>
>And on top of that, around 1/8 of the top portion of
>my screen goes blank and the mouse hangs. I tried it
>with 031A and even a larger part of the screen goes
>blank...and the mouse goes crazy!
>
>-Is there some specific VGA setting I need to use with
>the Microwindows demo files?
>
>-And how come my mouse stops working?
>
>My graphic card is NVidia Riva TNT2 Model 64...it's
>quite new so I guess it should be VESA 2.0 compliant.
>Or am I making a wrong assumption here? :) I tried
>checking the specs of the card on the nVidia website
>but they don't mention anything about being compiant
>with any VESA standard.
>
>Thanks again & regards,
>Supriyo
>
>
>--- Alex Holden <alex@linuxhacker.org> wrote: > On
>Mon, 4 Dec 2000, [iso-8859-1] Supriyo Chatterjea
> > wrote:
> > > Error opening /dev/fb0: No such device. Check
> > kernel
> > > config.
> >
> > You should check your kernel config. Specifically,
> > you need to compile in
> > a framebuffer driver suitable for your graphics
> > card. You may also need
> > some kernel command line options to enable it (which
> > are a real pain to
> > figure out unfortunately- hopefully the 2.5 rewrite
> > will fix this). If it
> > works, your console will be in graphics mode rather
> > than text mode on
> > boot, and you will see a penguin in the top left
> > hand corner of your
> > screen whilst booting. Some drivers can be built as
> > a module instead
> > of compiling them directly into the kernel, but you
> > will have to remember
> > to insert the module before you can use them. If
> > there isn't a driver
> > specifically for your card, the Vesa driver may
> > work, and if that doesn't
> > the VGA16 almost certainly will.
> >
> > --
> > ------- Alex Holden -------
> > http://www.linuxhacker.org/
> >  http://www.robogeeks.org/
> >
>
>
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