partial fixes for svgalib (Was: Re: lacking KDSETMODE)

[Robert Millan <zeratul2@wanadoo.es>]

On Sat, Jun 01, 2002 at 02:38:50AM +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> 
> You won't find any of such stuff.  If we add such interfaces, they will only
> in exceptional cases clone the ioctl interfaces of other systems.  The usual
> way to do this is to add RPC interfaces to serves, and to use them directly.
> 
> I don't know what turning a tty fd into graphic mode means.  If it means to
> turn the virtual console related to tty fd from text mode into graphic mode,
> then the Hurd console server would be the place to do it, if at all.
> 
> The Hurd console server is not written yet, though :)  [..]

Thanks, I think I'll wait for the right time then.

I fixed a lot of minor build problems there, so I'm uploading my unfinished
patch for svgalib into the BTS (orphaned, so maintainer won't care).

Feel free to take it for a lower level solution (i don't know to do that)

cheers,

-- 
Robert Millan

"5 years from now everyone will be running
free GNU on their 200 MIPS, 64M SPARCstation-5"

              Andrew S. Tanenbaum, 30 Jan 1992


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