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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

yOn Fri, 22 Sep 2006, David Moberg wrote:

> mikkel meinike wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > Yesterday I tried with seejpeg here first it says no libvga.config
> > file then it says it will go to default settings low monitor 32 MHz
> > and then it dyes with "segmentation fault"
> >
> > Steven wrote:
> >
> > > Work better than what?  The svgalib package in
> > > Slackware 4.0?
> >
> > Yes that's what I have bin trying before. But actually I don't know
> > exactly what I have bin trying before.
>
> You should try the Slackware 4 svgalib first. If it fails, then
> install the alternate svgalib that I gave the link for.
>
> According to Slackware 4 MANIFEST.gz, svgalib is in a4/elflibs.tgz and
> d1/svgalib.tgz. svgalib.tgz contains an /etc/vga/libvga.config, which
> worked on my computer. If it doesn't work for you, you should be able
> to change the chipset specification in libvga.config so that it
> matches your video card.

First try adding to the beginning of libvga.config the line:

chipset VGA

If that does not work, try
chipset VESA

If that does not work, try booting without a DOS config.sys file (hit F5 
while booting to DOS), because that can mess up your linux video.  I have 
one computer where I need to boot with LILO to use either Xvesa or 
svgalib.

Then if that does not work, try David's 1-floppy 2.4.31 boot disk, which 
includes libvga (latest version) and zgv (all for uClibc).

If nothing works, you have a very strange video card or motherboard.

I have had segmentation faults with svgalib only when I try to use the 
wrong libvga.so with kernel 2.4.31.

Sindi