I modprobed svglib_helper and put it into my /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6 file. When I tried to run the tutorial program again I got this:
Not running in a graphics capable console, and unable to find one. Using SAVAGE driver, 12288KB. Chipset: ProSavage Not running in a graphics capable console, and unable to find one. svgalib 1.9.19 svgalib: Failed to initialize mouse. Not running in a graphics capable console, and unable to find one. and put me back at a terminal prompt. How do I fix this one? On Fri, 2005-06-03 at 16:44 +0200, Holly Bostick wrote: > Michael Sullivan schreef: > > I found a tutorial for svgalib this morning. I've always been > > fascinated by graphics programming, but never found a tutorial that was > > simple enough for me to follow in the beginning. I liked this tutorial. > > It provided source code for a simple c program that just plots a pixel > > to the screen. I copied the code into a file and compiled it. It all > > compiled fine. When I tried to run the program, I got this: > > > > svgalib: Cannot open /dev/svga > > Is svgalib_helper module loaded? > > > > > > Is this something I can fix, or yet another situation in my quest for > > graphics programming knowledge where I'm just out of luck? > > > > Ummm... the error message asked a pretty simple-seeming question: > > "Is svgalib_helper module loaded?" > > So as far as that goes, it does seem to be something you can check, and > --if the answer turns out to be "no"-- to fix, by loading the module > (it's a kernel module created during the install of svgalib, and if you > haven't rebooted since you installed svgalib, it won't be loaded). > > If the module fails to load, what is the error after modprobe > svgalib_helper? > > HTH, > Holly -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
