Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 10:13:53 +0200 From: Roman Divacky <rdivacky@freebsd.org> To: john carlton <thexder2@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Update on my issue. Message-ID: <20071016081353.GA25340@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <77653.26777.qm@web61325.mail.yahoo.com> References: <77653.26777.qm@web61325.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Mon, Oct 15, 2007 at 08:39:53PM -0700, john carlton wrote: > Ok, so now on the same issue of svgalib under linux > compat I found out 2 things. First I don't need > devices set up under the compat/linux folder. Second > I found Fedora Core 4 libraries for svgalib on a > redhat ftp under extras. My problem now is much the > same but now when I try to run I get the same "Not > running in a graphics capable console" error message > and instead of a core dump it corrupts the screen > forcing reboot. Is there a linux_compat distrib that > already comes with svgalib setup? Or should I figure > out how to get fc-4_9 working? Is there a device I > can link to to make it find a "graphics capable console"? I didnt investigate this at all but I think that fbsd kernel does not provide anything svgalib compatible so unless we emulate this in linux compat layer this won't work. I think this is not trivial amount of work. and as far as I know this has not been done. roman
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