From: LUTHER Sven <LUTHERSV@e-i.com>
  To  : 'James A Simmons'" <jsimmons@acsu.buffalo.edu>, luther@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr, LUTHER Sven <jsimmons@acsu.buffalo.edu>
  Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1998 14:52:18 +0200

RE: libggi not working ...

You wrote :  

> > Hello, ...
> > 
> > i was trying to make libggi work on my linux/m68k based system.
> > 
> > at first i had some problems with the configuration, libc.ver was not
> > found so i just touched it, and it did not recognize my system as big
> > endian, you should add both m68k and powerpc to the debian definition.
> > so i added a #define BIG_ENDIAN, and it compiled.
> >
> 
> Can you post diffs for this correction.
> 
actually not, you have lots of #ifdef __arch__, but when i put a #ifdef
__m68k__ it didn't work (perhaps __680x0 is the correct way of doing this.)

but i continue saying that a autoconf/automake thing is the correct way of
doing this (like all the rest of the gnu utils, you just type mkdir build &&
cd build && ../configure && make && make install and you have a working
library) that is unless you have some philosophical reason not to do this ?

i can not that myself, since i am not knowledgeable in its process, and am
very busy right now (kernel hacking).
>  
> > I find that the configuration process is not nice at all, you should
> > think about switching to a autoconf/automake configure process,
> > especially if you want libggi to be some kind of standard. or is there
> > some reason not to use it ?
> >
> > Also it would be nice to have a libraries tarball and a kgicon tarball.
> 
> Their is a kgicon tarball. It on my homepage. The tarball also uses the
> kernel Makefile system. The only thing is its broke. I'm working on it.
> 
actually, the most important is not kgicon, but libggi and friends, since
you supposedly can run libggi on an unpatched kernel, on the fbdev, or is it
not true  

> > 
> > after building and installing libggi, i made the demo programs and then
> > tried to launch them.
> > 
> > but it did not work :( i will append the output of it and of checkmode,
> > the only demo programm that worked.)
> > 
> > i thought fbdev/fbcon was supported ?
> 
> Yes threw kgicon. What video card do you have?
> 
ok i have a standard A1200 AGA, with linux/m68k running on it. i don't need
kgicon, since i already have a a working fbdev and fbcon. and i sincerely
doubt that you have a working kgicon for it. Beside the point is to run on a
unpatched kernel. (i run 2.1.119)  

> Friendly,
> 
> Sven LUTHER
>