From: Marcus Sundberg <e94_msu@e.kth.se>
  To  : ggi-develop@eskimo.com
  Date: Thu, 02 Jul 1998 12:46:24 +0200

Re: problems on libggi

Jan Kneschke wrote:
> 
> 1. just took a fresh cvs-devel and compiled the libs and failed while testin
> demo w/o params.
> 
> weigon@weigon:/linux2/home/weigon/degas/lib/libggi/demos > demo
> svgalib: Cannot get I/O permissions.
> 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.
> svgalib: Signal 8: Floating point exception received.
> Floating point exception
> 
> using param worked fine:
> 
> weigon:/linux2/home/weigon/degas/lib/libggi/demos # demo 640x400#8
> Trying mode 640x400#8x-1 D-1x-1 F 1 [GT_AUTO]
> Suggested mode 360x480#360x480 D1x1 F 1 [GT_8BIT]
> white=1
> black=0
> weigon:/linux2/home/weigon/degas/lib/libggi/demos #

1. Did you have LIBGGI_DEFMODE set when you tried this?
2. What gfx-board do you have, ie is it supported by SVGAlib?

In any case there seems to be something wrong with
the GGI_AUTO handling in the SVGAlib target.

//Marcus