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Re[2]: Linux Games question



danielv@msil.sps.mot.com (Daniel Vainer) wrote:

>  >
>  >It won't work with 1.3.* kernels. Take new binary from
>  ><ftp://dandelion.ceres.ca.gov/pub/Linux/games/Maelstrom/beta/linuxelf/Maelstrom>
>  >
>  
>  I would do so, but I have IDE/ATAPI CD-ROM and my old 1.2.8 kernel have not
>  supporting it so succesfully as 1.3.42 does. 1.2.13 had not compiled under gcc
>  2.7.0 for some reason...

You didn't get the point: the _old_ binary won't work with a 1.3.* kernel; the new
one will do.

>  Q: Is somebody could suggest some "stable" kernel among 1.3.* ones that has
>  IDE/ATAPI CD_ROM support? I don't care about networking.

1.3.70 seems to be stable. I've been using it for 1.5 months (SCSI HDs, ATAPI CDROM,
ethernet, PPP) with no problem.

>  >>  I've tried to compile it from the sources,but this failed too with "vga.h"
>  >>  not found ... 
>  >
>  >That's because you didn't install svgalib development package.
>  >
>  
>  I've checked it and I did. The problem was that make install of gcc 2.7.1 had not
>  located new libgcc.a in appropriate place (/usr/lib/?) but only under gcc local
>  directory (/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-unknown-linux/2.7.1/). Why is that?

/usr/lib is NOT an appropriate place for libgcc.a. Where did you take the gcc
binaries from? The path /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-unknown-linux/* doesn't seem to be
standard nowdays. If you compile it yourself, read carefully instructions in the
INSTALL file. 
Anyway, how could this interfere with absence of vga.h?!

Regards,

Evgeny


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