debugging svgalib-programs

[Felix Natter <f.natter@ndh.net>]

hi,

I wrote an svgalib-program which gives me segmentation faults
(SIGSEGV) or makes the whole system halt.

The svgalib man-page mentions two debugging solutions:
1. textmode < /dev/ttyX
2. execute vga_flip in the debugger

but I have no program called textmode (can I write this ?)
and when trying to enter vga_flip into the debugger, it just beeps.
I also have success when I try to execute the application in another
tty as the one the debugger runs in.

BTW: is there a mailing-list (or similar) for svgalib ?

thanks,
-- 
Felix Natter