From: becka@rz.uni-duesseldorf.de
  To  : ggi-develop@eskimo.com
  Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 01:30:33 +0200 (MET DST)

Re: problems on libggi

Hi !

> weigon@weigon:/linux2/home/weigon/degas/lib/libggi/demos > demo
> svgalib: Cannot get I/O permissions.

Hmm - no root here - right ? Or is it suid ?

> weigon:/linux2/home/weigon/degas/lib/libggi/demos # demo
> Trying mode -1x-1#-1x-1 D-1x-1 F 1 [GT_AUTO]
> Suggested mode 1024x768#1024x768 D1x1 F 1 [GT_32BIT]
> Invalid graphics mode in environment variable.

That's another interesting one ...

> using param worked fine:
> weigon:/linux2/home/weigon/degas/lib/libggi/demos # demo 640x400#8

Root now I suppose due to the # prompt ...

> 2. after this tests my mousepointer has gone. i had to restart gpm .( 

Does that always happen when you are using SVGAlib ? Maybe you should
configure it for mousesystems on /tmp/gpm[something] and set gpm
to repeater mode.

> 3. libggi doesn't compile with fbdev-target enabled:
> 
> visual.c: In function 'GGIdlinit':
> visual.c:117: structure has no member named 'Setsplitline'
> visual.c:117: 'GGIsetsplitline' undeclared (first use this function)
> visual.c:117: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
> visual.c:117: for each function it appears in.)

Kill that one, check it, and send me diffs.

> mode.c: In function 'Do_setmode':
> mode.c:125: structure has no member named 'Setsplitline'
> mode.c:125: 'GGIsetsplitline' undeclared (first use this function)
> mode.c:125: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
> mode.c:125: for each function it appears in.)
> mode.c: In function 'GGIcheckmode':
> mode.c:302: 'FB_TYPE_VGA_TEXT' undeclared (first use this function)
> mode.c: In function 'GGIgetmode':
> mode.c:379: warning: unused variable 'ff'

Same here ...

> setsplitline is in libGGImisc, no ?

Yep.

CU,ANdy

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= Andreas Beck                    |  Email :  <andreas.beck@ggi-project.org> =