On Jun 11, Ricardas Cepas wrote
> Package: svgatextmode
> Version: 1.5-1
>
> get/setVGAreg is missing,
They are missing because they are described by the author as "hacker" programs,
not necessary for the functioning of the svgatextmode itself. The comment in
the source implies that you must be familiar with the source in order to use the
utilities.
One option is to make a svgatextmode-utils package and include these
utilities + utilities from contrib directory in the source that are currently
not included in svgatextmode package. However, even in that case, the binaries
would be distributed without any documentation (maybe I should put the
source somewhere in /usr/doc/svgatextmode-utils ? ). You are the first person
to ask me about these, so I need some more feedback before I decide to make the
svgatextmode-utils package.
BTW, here is the comment I was referring to:
/***
*** get/set VGAreg, a simple VGA register hacking program
***
*** WARNING: since different SVGA cards use different extra address ranges
in any
*** of the register sets, no checking is done to make sure you don't
attempt to change
*** a non-existing register!
***
*** This is just a hacking tool! Use at your own risk. It was NOT
intended to be
*** idiot proof! If you don't understand all this, then don't bother
trying to
use it.
***
***/
>some files in samples/consoletools are readable
> only by the root.
>
This has already been reported, will fix in the next release coming up soon.
Thanks.
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