nanogui: rivafb and nanogui
Subject:
RE: [nanogui] rivafb and nanogui
From:
Fabrice Gautier ####@####.####
Date:
8 Feb 2002 02:40:38 -0000
Message-Id: <B1F6452C89AFD411AE0800A0CC734C239DBB29@EMAIL1>
Hi,
I used rivafb on my computer in 640x480 mode, the only problem was relative
to colors, many colors where in fact black. So many application didnt show
anything.
--
Fabrice Gautier,
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alix Marchandise-Franquet ####@####.####
> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 3:29 PM
> To: ####@####.####
> Subject: [nanogui] rivafb and nanogui
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I am having a hard time getting nano-x to work while using
> rivafb. I am
> not sure if the problem comes from not really using rivafb or not
> configuring nano-x properly.
>
> More details:
> I am trying to use nano-x with the rivafb driver, with an
> nvidia Geforce
> 2MX card.
> I have a 2.4.16 kernel which I recompiled with rivafb.
> When I boot my machine, I see the penguin which goes away
> after a while.
> I don't think I am really using the framebuffer driver since
> with other
> framebuffer drivers and cards the penguin stayed there and
> the font got
> smaller.
> In the instructions for the vesafb driver, there are lines to add in
> lilo.conf, I don't know what these are for rivafb.
>
> Also, nano-x, when compiled with the framebuffer setting
> doesn't run (but it runs fine when built and run with X11).
> I get the following messages:
> "cannot open graphics
> Couldn't connect to Nano-x server"
>
> So my questions are:
> 1) Does it look like my problem is with rivafb or nano-x?
> 2) How can I know that I am using rivafb?
> 3) What needs to go in lilo.conf when using rivafb?
> 4) I couldn't find any real info on rivafb, where would it be?
>
>
> Thank you very much
>
> -alix
>
>
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