Re: svgalib on alpha
On 2 Nov 2000, Falk Hueffner wrote:
> I'd rather not bother. svgalib requires root privilege for running, so
> I always feel to uneasy to use it, and I guess many people have the
> same problem. Also there is an svgalib emulation library for GGI,
> which makes it possible to run svgalib programs on a wide range of
> displays (e. g. X), so it would be a much better idea to ensure it
> works. It might not squeeze the same performace out of the hardware,
> but I guess that's not such an issue anymore nowadays...
Thanks for reminding me of this. I'll have to see if GGI supports my vid
card (doubt it seriously), but if it does, I'll test it out. Thanks for
the reminder :-)
C
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