Re: SVGAlib...the neverending saga
On 29 Oct 1998, Brederlow wrote:
> WHY?
> Svgalib is a dirty, ugly and stupid programm that crashes your Linux
> most of the time. Its the only way to sure kill your Linux apart from
> kill -9 -1 while X is running.
Agreed....unfortunately, it's somewhat of a throwback that we need to deal
with a bit. I'd also like to know one way or another if it actually works
on the Alpha to let the upstream author(s) know since they include "it
works" in their docs... :-)
> Your time is probably better invested in getting ggi to work in a
> framebuffer and then use ggi`s svgalib emulation. The speed penalty
> (if any) should be pretty irelevant on an Alpha. The GGI is quite
> superior to the svgalib.
True and a great idea. I haven't had time to look at it, but since I hit
a small brick wall with svgalib, I'll look into it. Thanks for the
suggestion!
C
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