Subject: Re: Using mouse in mol console mode. WAS: Re: using kernel 2.4.2 with mol
From: David C. Hacker, DVM (dh55145@alltel.net)
Date: Thu May 31 2001 - 13:31:49 MDT
I tried the 0.9.53 version and still get the kernel mismath error. I am just
going to wait till I get my YDL 2.0 CD and hope that I have better luck. I
have nevet got mol to work at al with 1.2.1 YDL
On Thu, 31 May 2001, you wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> > I have not experienced any problems (other than not being
> > able to get my usb mouse to work in console mode).
>
> This problem is easy to correct. Look in your /etc/XF86Config file, and read
> the section Mouse. Somewhere there there should be a line "/dev/input/mice"
> or something else starting with "/dev" directory. Now you only have to use
> this path name in your molrc. If your mouse worked on X, it now also works
> in mol in console mode.
>
> WARNING: Do not have X and mol in console mode running at the same time,
> when you click then, the clicks will be interpreted in both environments,
> not only there where you are.
>
> Good luck,
> Thomas Rogg
>
> > Von: "Callahan, Tom" <TCallahan@DeepBridge.Com>
> > Antworten an: mol-general@lists.maconlinux.org
> > Datum: Wed, 30 May 2001 09:40:13 -0400
> > An: "'mol-general@lists.maconlinux.org'"<mol-general@lists.maconlinux.org>
> > Betreff: RE: using kernel 2.4.2 with mol
> >
> > I have been successfully been using the 2.4.2 kernel from the SuSE distro
> > with MOL version 0.9.53-8. I tried to upgrade MOL to 0.9.58 and experienced
> > the same problem with the kernel mismatch. As much as I have used this
> > version (0.9.53) I have not experienced any problems (other than not being
> > able to get my usb mouse to work in console mode).
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Quentin Mason [mailto:quentin-mason@cornell.edu]
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 7:43 PM
> > To: mol-general@lists.maconlinux.org
> > Cc: David C. Hacker, DVM
> > Subject: Re: using kernel 2.4.2 with mol
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> >> I got the latest version of mol for the 2.4 kernel but when I run it
> >> it says kernel module version mismatch. mol.o compiled for 2.4.4pre4
> >> current kernel 2.4.2 or something to that effect. Any suggestions
> >> would be appreciated
> >
> > My guess would be that you are seeing this error because MOL, a program
> > that requires intimate interaction with the kernel, was compiled with a
> > different kernel in mind than the one you are using. YMMV.
> >
> > If this were to occur you would want to recompile MOL from source using
> > whatever kernel headers are appropriate for your machine's kernel.
> > The alternative is to install whatever kernel MOL wants -- apparently this
> > is 2.4.4pre4 rather than 2.4.2
> >
> > Good luck,
> >
> > Q.
-- David C. Hacker, DVM 923 B St #32 Schuyler, NE 68661 (402) 352-4248 dh55145@alltel.net
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