nanogui: some small question of install?
Subject:
Re: some small question of install?
From:
Jordan Crouse ####@####.####
Date:
24 Apr 2001 14:54:12 -0000
Message-Id: <01042408541906.04868@cosmic>
Wow, you learn something new every day!!! I stand corrected.
(I keep both my systems just off the bleeding edge (2.4.2-ac13 and
2.4.3-ac6), so I'm just used to recompiling anyway... :) ).
Thanks Gary!
Jordan
On Tuesday 24 April 2001 08:43, Gary James mentioned:
> > Next, make sure your system has framebuffer support (did Tux the penguin
> > appear in the left corner of your screen during bootup? If not,
> > recompile your kernel to have framebuffer support and try again).
>
> You may not need to recompile the kernel if you are using a desktop
> distribution. For example RedHat 6.x has framebuffer built in, just
> not enabled by default.
>
> Take a look in your /dev directory for frambuffer drivers. You will
> see something like this:
>
> Red Hat Linux release 6.1 (Cartman)
> Kernel 2.2.12-20 on an i686
> login: gary
> Password:
> Last login: Tue Apr 24 10:39:34 from pc_018
> [gary@hilda gary]$ ls /dev | grep fb
> fb
> fb0
> fb1
> fb2
> fb3
> fb4
> fb5
> fb6
> fb7
> [gary@hilda gary]$
>
> If you have a situation like this you just need to modify lilo to
> boot in framebuffer mode. See the framebuffer faq at:
>
> http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Framebuffer-HOWTO-5.html#ss5.2
>
> Actually you will need to do the lilo setup in either case. Even if
> you end up rebuilding your kernel you will need to modify lilo if you
> use that to boot your system.
>
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