On Tue, May 19, 1998 at 03:09:19PM +0100, Ian Lynagh wrote: > > Hi all > > I d/led Hamms Lincity, Lincity-svga and the SVGAlib dummy. However, > after typing 5 for mouse (PS2 - I do not have gpm if that makes > a difference) it just stopped. I then tried removing the svgalib dummy > and installing svgalibg1, but this time it stopped at a screen with > green and blue colours. Trying to switch VCs made it go all wierd > and I had to reboot. > > I have an Inspiron 3000, Neomagic video card. The packages I downloaded > were: > * lincity_1.09-3.deb > * lincity-svga_1.09-3.deb > * svgalib-dummyg1_1.2.13-2.deb > * svgalibg1_1.2.13-3.2.deb > > Can anyone help me get this working please?
I think you are a bit confused - svgalibg1 is the glibc(2) aka libc6 version of svgalib, svgalib-dummyg1 is a fake version of svgalib1g. The reason the dummy package is there is that some programs work in both X-windows and svgalib and won't work without a svgalib library. However some people never use these programs in svgalib (only in X-windows) and the dummy package takes up lots less disk space than the proper library. Maybe svgalib-dummyg1's description will help: This package can replace the usual svgalib1 package, on which many other packages depend. Unfortunately, the proper svgalib1 requires some configuration and is a bit verbose, so if you don't need console graphics at all, and would install it only to satisfy dependencies, this dummy package may be an alternative for you. I would suggest removing the dummy package (you want to run it under svgalib since you have got lincity-svga, if you want to run under x-windows you will want lincity-x instead/as well). Then see what "dpkg -l" or "dselect" says about these packages - maybe they aren't installed properly. Try a different svgalib program and see if you can get the mouse to work - I have a feeling that you may need to run lincity as root to get permissions to access the mouse driver. Adrian email: [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.poboxes.com/adrian.bridgett Windows NT - Unix in beta-testing. PGP key available on public key servers Debian Linux http://www.debian.org The superior Linux distribution -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
