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Old 12-10-2008, 09:02 AM   #1
gazza1z
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links-2.1pre33 does not work in graphics mode


Build : BLFS svn20081130
Kernel : 2.6.27.4

I am having trouble running links-2.1pre33 in graphics mode.

I have the following dependencies installed:
gpm-1.20.5
openSSL-0.9.8g
libpng-1.2.33
libjpeg-6b
libtiff-3.8.2
pkg-config-0.23

When compiling I ran the following configure command

./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-graphics

and got the following results:

---------------------------------------------------------
Configuration results:
GPM support: YES
SSL support: YES
Supported compression: ZLIB BZIP2
Graphics enabled: YES
Graphics drivers: FB
Image formats: GIF PNG XBM JPEG TIFF
---------------------------------------------------------

However when I run links -g or links -driver fb

my screen just goes a stripey green colour

If I run links with a made up driver it returns, listing fb as the installed driver.

Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks.
 
Old 12-12-2008, 12:25 AM   #2
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are you using the linux fb driver? if not it will not work.
also are you trying it from the command line or within X?
another thing to check is maybe try the svgalib or directfb options.
 
Old 12-14-2008, 02:25 PM   #3
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are you using the linux fb driver? if not it will not work.
also are you trying it from the command line or within X?
another thing to check is maybe try the svgalib or directfb options.
I must be running the linux fb driver as there is nothing but LFS and BLFS stuff installed. I enabled all the CONFIG_FB option in the kernel's .config file.

I don't have X installed so I am running links from the command line.

I tried to install svgalib 1.9.25 when I was running the 2.6.22.5 kernel in BLFS6.3 and could not get the svgalib_helper module in compile. So I'm a bit wary of this.
 
  


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