[linrad] Re: Its still not playing

[w3sz <comcast.net; w3sz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Richard,

I suggest that you go to
/etc/vga/libvga.config and near the beginning of the file you will most  
likely find a line starting with:

Helper /dev/svga

Just below that should be a line containing near its beginning the word

NoHelper

and this is probably commented out with ## so it looks something like

## NoHelper

Uncomment it [remove the ##] and run vgatest again and your error messages

> Is svgalib_helper module loaded?

should disappear.

You need to be root to run Linrad anyway, as Leif points out.

73,

Roger
W3SZ

On Mon, 13 Mar 2006 20:35:27 -0500, richard  
<richard.bown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Ok untarred svgalib 1.9.24 in /src/so it compiled to pick upth  
> makefile....No
>
> built linrad, loaded svgalib_helper, module in third party section of  
> the kernel,.
>
> lsmod shows its there
>
> [root@xxxxx linrad-01.35]# lsmod
> Module                  Size  Used by
> svgalib_helper         11716  0
> binfmt_misc             8872  1
> nfsd                  216544  9
> exportfs                4608  1 nfsd
>
>
> run vgatest
> [root@xxxxx linrad-01.35]# ./vgatest
> svgalib: Cannot open /dev/svga
> Is svgalib_helper module loaded?
>
> See above its there !
>
> [root@xxxxx linrad-01.35]# ./mousetest
> svgalib: Cannot open /dev/svga
> Is svgalib_helper module loaded?
>   YES IT IS
>
> [root@xxxxx linrad-01.35]# ./linrad
> svgalib: Cannot open /dev/svga
> Is svgalib_helper module loaded?
>
>
> So back to RPM's
>
> [root@xxxxx linrad-01.35]# lsmod | grep svgalib
> svgalib_helper         11716  0
> [root@xxxxx linrad-01.35]# urpmi -a libsvga
>
>   
> ftp://anorien.csc.warwick.ac.uk/Mandrakelinux/devel/2006.0/i586/media/contrib/libsvgalib1-devel-1.9.21-1mdk.i586.rpm
>   
> ftp://anorien.csc.warwick.ac.uk/Mandrakelinux/devel/2006.0/i586/media/contrib/libsvgalib1-1.9.21-1mdk.i586.rpm
> installing libsvgalib1-1.9.21-1mdk.i586.rpm  
> libsvgalib1-devel-1.9.21-1mdk.i586.rpm from /var/cache/urpmi/rpms
> Preparing...                      
> #############################################
>        1/2: libsvgalib1            
> #############################################
>        2/2: libsvgalib1-devel      
> #############################################
> [root@xxxxx linrad-01.35]# urpmi -a svgalib
>
>   
> ftp://anorien.csc.warwick.ac.uk/Mandrakelinux/devel/2006.0/i586/media/contrib/svgalib-1.9.21-1mdk.i586.rpm
> installing svgalib-1.9.21-1mdk.i586.rpm from /var/cache/urpmi/rpms
> Preparing...                      
> #############################################
>        1/1: svgalib               warning: /etc/vga/dvorak-us.keymap  
> created as /etc/vga/dvorak-us.keymap.rpmnew
> warning: /etc/vga/libvga.config created as /etc/vga/libvga.config.rpmnew
> #############################################
> [root@xxxxx linrad-01.35]# cd /usr/src/svgalib-1.9.24/
> [root@xxxxx svgalib-1.9.24]# make uninstall
> Removing textmode utilities...
> Removing shared library stubs (old & current)...
> Removing shared library images (old & current)...
> Removing static libraries...
> Removing header files...
> (cd doc; make -f /usr/src/svgalib-1.9.24/doc/Makefile  
> SRCDIR="/usr/src/svgalib-1.9.24" uninstall)
> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/svgalib-1.9.24/doc'
> Removing all svgalib man pages.
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/svgalib-1.9.24/doc'
> [root@xxxxx svgalib-1.9.24]# cd /home/richard/HamApps/li
> linpsk-0.8.1/ linrad-01.35/
> [root@xxxxx svgalib-1.9.24]# cd /home/richard/HamApps/linrad-01.35/
> [root@xxxxx linrad-01.35]# urpmi -a svgalib
> The package(s) are already installed
>
> [root@xxxxx linrad-01.35]# ./vgatest
> ./vgatest: error while loading shared libraries: libvgagl.so.1: cannot  
> open shared object file: No such file or directory
> [root@xxxxx linrad-01.35]# urpmf libvgagl.so.1
> libsvgalib1:/usr/lib/libvgagl.so.1
> libsvgalib1:/usr/lib/libvgagl.so.1.9.21
>
> So where is linrad looking for its libs, I'd  a thought /usr/lib was a  
> normal place ????, arh but it's SuSe time ,why the extra layer of  
> directory !!!!!!
>
> If mknod is run manually linrad starts to run, and it need to be run  
> manually each time the machine
> is booted as uDev is used with Mandriva 2006, and svgalib_helper needs  
> to be put in modprobe.conf.
>
>
> There proof that the svga tarball is a real pain in the butt
>
>
> Cya 73
> Richard G8JVM
>
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Roger Rehr
W3SZ
http://www.nitehawk.com/w3sz/

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