Can't install svgalib

L-28C · 06-16-2008, 03:01 AM

Hello everyone!

Svgalib isn't installing on Slackware:

Quote:

/kernel/svgalib_helper CLASS_CFLAGS= modules
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.24.5'
CC [M] /home/leo/Desktop/svgalib-1.9.25/kernel/svgalib_helper/main.o
/home/leo/Desktop/svgalib-1.9.25/kernel/svgalib_helper/main.c:1:26: error: linux/config.h: No such file or directory
/home/leo/Desktop/svgalib-1.9.25/kernel/svgalib_helper/main.c:20:35: error: linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h: No such file or directory
In file included from /home/leo/Desktop/svgalib-1.9.25/kernel/svgalib_helper/main.c:42:
/home/leo/Desktop/svgalib-1.9.25/kernel/svgalib_helper/kernel26compat.h: In function 'devfs_unregister_chrdev':
/home/leo/Desktop/svgalib-1.9.25/kernel/svgalib_helper/kernel26compat.h:80: error: void value not ignored as it ought to be
/home/leo/Desktop/svgalib-1.9.25/kernel/svgalib_helper/main.c: In function 'svgalib_helper_ioctl':
/home/leo/Desktop/svgalib-1.9.25/kernel/svgalib_helper/main.c:358: error: 'SA_SHIRQ' undeclared (first use in this function)
/home/leo/Desktop/svgalib-1.9.25/kernel/svgalib_helper/main.c:358: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
/home/leo/Desktop/svgalib-1.9.25/kernel/svgalib_helper/main.c:358: error: for each function it appears in.)
/home/leo/Desktop/svgalib-1.9.25/kernel/svgalib_helper/main.c:358: warning: passing argument 2 of 'request_irq' from incompatible pointer type
/home/leo/Desktop/svgalib-1.9.25/kernel/svgalib_helper/main.c: In function 'svgalib_helper_open':
/home/leo/Desktop/svgalib-1.9.25/kernel/svgalib_helper/main.c:446: error: 'SA_SHIRQ' undeclared (first use in this function)
/home/leo/Desktop/svgalib-1.9.25/kernel/svgalib_helper/main.c:446: warning: passing argument 2 of 'request_irq' from incompatible pointer type
make[3]: *** [/home/leo/Desktop/svgalib-1.9.25/kernel/svgalib_helper/main.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [_module_/home/leo/Desktop/svgalib-1.9.25/kernel/svgalib_helper] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.24.5'
make[1]: *** [default] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/leo/Desktop/svgalib-1.9.25/kernel/svgalib_helper'
make: *** [installmodule] Error 2

I tried manually downloading the two missing files, config.h and devfs_fs_kernel.h, but the latter requires more files, and those files require even more files... What's the package that these files belong to?

Thanks in advance.

PS: Just in case this can't be solved, is there another similar library?

clvic · 06-16-2008, 05:02 AM

From these messages, it seems like this library can't be compiled with recent kernels - at some point in the past, devfs_fs_kernel.h and config.h were removed. So, it's better to look for binary packages, but I guess you already looked for them... I gave a look and it seems difficult to find them for slackware.
I guessed the problem but not the solution...

so, what kind of library are you looking for? What requisites?

btbx · 06-16-2008, 08:48 PM

The main problem is compiling svgalib-helper module for up-to-date kernels.

I also face similar problems with up-to-date 2.6.2.... Kernels.

There is a Kernel compatibility patch available for the svgalib source code (for svgalib helper directory).

There is a patch from Gentoo project. I hope you can use it.

http://tldp.etf.bg.ac.yu/gentooporta...svgalib/files/

After patching the source code, perhaps there will be warning during compile time. Just ignore it and try to use the new svgalib-helper module (using insmod or modprobe command).