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)
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