From: Jan Kneschke <Jan.Kneschke@kiel.netsurf.de>
  To  : andreas.beck@ggi-project.org
  Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 04:02:54 +0200 (MEST)

Re: problems on libggi

On Thu, 2 Jul 1998 becka@rz.uni-duesseldorf.de wrote:

> 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 ?
yes root, but that wasn't the problem. i just wanted to show that the next
ones are root.
 
> > 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 ...
yep.
 
> > 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.
no. after starting zgv on svgalib, my mouse is working.

> > 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.
it's already fixed.
 
> > 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 ...
fixed.
 
> CU,ANdy


thats all
  Jan

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