From: Jan Kneschke <Jan.Kneschke@kiel.netsurf.de>
  To  : ggi-develop@eskimo.com
  Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 04:05:24 +0200 (MEST)

Re: problems on libggi

On Thu, 2 Jul 1998, Marcus Sundberg wrote:

> 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?
no. just used the autodetecting of libggi on a plain 2.1.105-kernel.

> 2. What gfx-board do you have, ie is it supported by SVGAlib?
i own a s3 virge which isn't supported by svgalib, now. svgalib uses the
trio-clock and a vga-chipset.
 
> In any case there seems to be something wrong with
> the GGI_AUTO handling in the SVGAlib target.
> 
> //Marcus


thats all
  Jan

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