From: Christoph Egger <Christoph_Egger@t-online.de>
  To  : ggi-develop@eskimo.com
  Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 19:51:16 +0200 (MEST)

Re: KGI and fbdev

On Sat, 10 Apr 1999, Leimy wrote:

> 
> > Hi !
> > > Ok I upgraded to 2.2.5 for my linux kernel.  I have no framebuffer device
> > > listed in my /dev/ directory.  Can someone point me to information for
> > > creating this device file.  
> > 
> > /usr/src/Linux/Documentation/devices.txt
> 
> Ok I set it up in /dev with the correct major and minor numbers and
> recompiled and installed libggi but every demo gives the error:
> 
> display-fbdev: Couldn't open framebuffer device /dev/fb0: Operation not
> supported by device
> 
> my mode flags are rw for everyone (666) and it is a character special
> file.
> 
> What am I not doing correctly?   I also did an
> export FRAMEBUFFER=/dev/fb0
> 
> before I ran any demos.
> 
> HELP!!!
> Dave

Go into the directory degas/kgicon/kgi as root
Then follow the steps:

Do "make config"
Select the hardware you have!
exit the menu if you have installed the dialog utility.
Do "make"
Wait a little time...
Finally type "insmod kgicon.o"

Try to run the demos again.

Christoph Egger
E-Mail: Christoph_Egger@t-online.de