Subject: Re: Using mouse in mol console mode. WAS: Re: using kernel 2.4.2 with mol
From: Alan Hourihane (alanh@fairlite.demon.co.uk)
Date: Fri Jun 01 2001 - 00:50:28 MDT
I got 0.9.59 to work with YDL 1.2 yesterday but sometimes it crashes
in main-thread.
You need to grab the updated binutils from the linuxppc site.
Alan.
On Thu, May 31, 2001 at 02:31:49PM -0500, David C. Hacker, DVM wrote:
> 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.
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