rc-file syntax etc.

[Dag B]

Samuel Hocevar wrote:
> 
> On Sun, Aug 20, 2000, Dag B wrote:
 
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> > > css-cat -vaP - | fbvlc --novlans --vout fb -
> >
> > intf error: ioctl KDSETMODE
> > intf error: tcgetattrintf error: tcgetattrintf error: tcsetattrintf
> > error: cant get terminal mode (Invalid argument)
> > intf error: ioctl KDSETMODE
> > error: can't create interface
> >
> > {....and this could be due to the kernel version I am running. Or that I
> > am using the matrox fb and not the plain vesa fb. Right?]
> 
>    This should work, even with the Matrox fb (which is a lot faster than
> the VESA one, by the way). Can you check that :
>   - you are running this from a console, not X ;
>   - the user who's running it has read/write permissions on /dev/fb0
>    or whatever you called your framebuffer device.

Doesn't work. Even when run as root, from the console, with a recreated
/dev/fb0 with permbits 777. But there may be interfacechanges in the
matrox fb in later 2.4.0 test kernels. I will test this with a plain
vesa fb as well.

 
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> > I am running Xfree86 4, yes.
> > <voice=hopeful> Anyone working on this? </voice>
> 
>    I'll have a look at it this afternoon.


Wow! Great!

Dag B