Ben Pfaff <pfaffben@pilot.msu.edu> wrote: > "yiyus" <jg_yiyus@jet.es> writes: > > My idea was to make the program with a graphics interface using SVGAlib or > something similar, what do you think? > > svgalib doesn't work on many machines. i.e., it won't work at all on > my Matrox Millenium II 8MB, which is definitely not a low-end card. And it only sometimes (ie some versions) on my S3 Trio64. Most of the times, it just blackens the screen, and I have to use another terminal to reboot the machine... SVGAlib is known to have _MAYOR_ bugs and security holes. Why not use libgtktty instead? (GTK interface for console) -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Turbo __ _ Debian GNU Unix _IS_ user friendly - it's just ^^^^^ / /(_)_ __ _ ___ __ selective about who its friends are / / | | '_ \| | | \ \/ / papadoc.nocrew.org _ /// / /__| | | | | |_| |> < Turbo Fredriksson turbo@tripnet.se \\\/ \____/_|_| |_|\__,_/_/\_\ Surrey/B.C./Canada (604)572-3523 Debian Certified Linux Developer PGP#788CD1A9 www5.tripnet.se/~turbo ------- PGP: B7 92 93 0E 06 94 D6 22 98 1F 0B 5B FE 33 A1 0B -------- -- Panama BATF munitions explosion NSA [Hello to all my fans in domestic surveillance] supercomputer counter-intelligence smuggle strategic ammunition Marxist Uzi PLO Ortega
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