Getting svgalib working for mplayer in 64-bit Debian

2007-11-16 Thread Michael Pobega
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I've been trying to get the svgalib driver working for the -vo option on mplayer for some time now, but I haven't had any luck. It worked out of the box for me when I ran 32-bit Debian, but I haven't had any such luck lately. My vide

SVGALIB Config

2003-03-28 Thread Dieter Schoppitsch
Hi all, I'm trying to setup svgalib (/etc/vga/libvga.config) on my old laptop. Unfortunately viewing a picture with zgv shows a horzontally splitted screen where the upper/lower part is shifted left/right. My current settings are: HorizSync 31.5 31.5 VertRefresh 60 60 chipset C&am

Re: unresolved symbol in svgalib - a bug?

2001-12-20 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Dec 20, 2001 at 12:02:09PM -0800, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > whenever an application uses svgalib, i get the error message: > > (application): relocation error: > /usr/lib/libc5-compat/libvga.so.1: undefined symbol _xstat Are you sure you don't want to have svgali

unresolved symbol in svgalib - a bug?

2001-12-20 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
hi there, whenever an application uses svgalib, i get the error message: (application): relocation error: /usr/lib/libc5-compat/libvga.so.1: undefined symbol _xstat i checked google and debian-user archives -- one person posted the same message awhile back, but no one replied to his

Re: help with zgv e svgalib

2001-12-04 Thread Wayne Topa
Aldo Maggi([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > my distro is woody - video card matrox mill g200 agp > i am trying to utilize programs written for svgalib > my problem is that when i run > zgv -j photo.jpg > i do not get any error but the photo does not show up and the s

help with zgv e svgalib

2001-12-04 Thread Aldo Maggi
my distro is woody - video card matrox mill g200 agp i am trying to utilize programs written for svgalib my problem is that when i run zgv -j photo.jpg i do not get any error but the photo does not show up and the screen remains desolately black i looked int zgv and libvga.conf manuals but could

undefined symbol in SVGAlib ?

2001-11-17 Thread BT
Hi, I am on debian unstable and after a recent dist-upgrade, all my console utilities that use svgalib dont work. For instance zgv gives the following error zgv: relocation error: /usr/lib/libc5-compat/libvga.so.1: undefined symbol: _xstat I would be grateful if you could tell me how to fix

zgv/svgalib - "Monitor setting from environment denied"

2001-10-17 Thread Morten Bo Johansen
I have just installed zgv but when I start it I get a messy flickering screen, I exit with ctrl-c and I see these messages: Monitor setting from environment denied. Color/mono text selection from environment denied. svgalib applications otherwise work ok. so I am at a loss what to look for

Re: Mouse in SVGAlib

2001-07-30 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on Mon Jul 30, 2001 um 02:57:20AM: > Does anyone know what I need to do to configure my mouse to work in SVGAlib > in Quake 2? I tried uncommenting "PS/2" and commenting out "mouse > unconfigured" but still no luck. Any help would b

Mouse in SVGAlib

2001-07-30 Thread JakeCatfox
Does anyone know what I need to do to configure my mouse to work in SVGAlib in Quake 2? I tried uncommenting "PS/2" and commenting out "mouse unconfigured" but still no luck. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. -- Deven

quake-svga problem: SVGAlib wrapper: unable to open default visual

2001-03-17 Thread Rob Eso
Hey everyone This morning I have been trying to get quake-svga running, and am getting this error message: SVGAlib wrapper: unable to open default visual I have been looking around the list archives and the web but cannot find any info on how to fix this error, anyone have any suggestions

debugging svgalib-programs

2001-01-12 Thread Felix Natter
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 w

Re: svgalib screen sync once more...

2000-11-21 Thread Heather
> Hi folks, > > Some of you perhaps read the thread about my svgalib screen sync problems > with the DSTN 640x480 screen of my laptop and ct65535 chipset. > One of the problems I could solve: > My console isn't scrumbled any more when I switch back from graphics to > te

svgalib screen sync once more...

2000-11-21 Thread Daniel Reuter
Hi folks, Some of you perhaps read the thread about my svgalib screen sync problems with the DSTN 640x480 screen of my laptop and ct65535 chipset. One of the problems I could solve: My console isn't scrumbled any more when I switch back from graphics to textmode, I achieved this by

Re: SVGAlib/X Screen sync problems

2000-11-19 Thread Q89029292
a LCD/CRT/LCD switch. This could perhaps be restored with the > TextClockFreq option but havn't tried yet. > As in the last time, I only started X to look at my typeset > TeX-documents with xdvi, and this is a bit of a overhead (8 Meg RAM > machine), I decided to purge X and install SVGAl

SVGAlib/X Screen sync problems

2000-11-19 Thread Daniel Reuter
with the TextClockFreq option but havn't tried yet. As in the last time, I only started X to look at my typeset TeX-documents with xdvi, and this is a bit of a overhead (8 Meg RAM machine), I decided to purge X and install SVGAlib. Now the strange thing: If I display GNUplot plots, the switch to graph

Re: svgalib and ATI Rage 128

2000-03-03 Thread dan
On Wed, Mar 01, 2000 at 09:59:40PM +, José Luis Gómez Dans generated a stream of 1s and 0s: > Hi! > I have so far been experiencing erratic svgalib behaviour. > Basically, if I call something like zgv, I get the following message: > c172d > Int 0x10 is not in rom (:

svgalib and ATI Rage 128

2000-03-01 Thread José Luis Gómez Dans
Hi! I have so far been experiencing erratic svgalib behaviour. Basically, if I call something like zgv, I get the following message: c172d Int 0x10 is not in rom (:) No VESA bios detected! Try running vga_reset. and zgv (or whatever) runs in VGA mode, instead of SVGA mode

Problems with Svgalib and PS/2 mouse

2000-02-27 Thread Lars Weber
When I installed svgalib some time ago I didn't manage to get the mouse to work (i.e. nothing happens when I move the mouse). This didn't bother me much until I found out about the svga-mode of xaos (which is really cool!). I have a Logitech MouseMan (PS/2) and the relevant

Re: svgalib and ppp

2000-02-16 Thread John Hasler
Carlos writes: > How can I adjust the time between a call and another when using the > persist option with pppd? Yes. The line holdoff 100 in /etc/ppp/peers/provider will tell pppd to wait 100 seconds before retrying the 'provider' connection. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dancing H

svgalib and ppp

2000-02-16 Thread Carlos Henrique Santos Laviola
Hello people. I am coming now to ask your help with stuff I think it's easy, but I just couldn't set. - How can I adjust the time between a call and another when using the persist option with pppd? - Is there any way I can get the third button of a serial, microsoft-type of mouse? (it won't sw

svgalib and ati [long mail]

1999-12-10 Thread mfischer
[warning, mail is long and has >80 chars] Hello, I've a 264GT-IIc (3D Rage IIc) graphics card (Output also from SuperProbe), works great under X, but segfaults every time when using svgalib. allready the first call, vga_init crashes. I've allready tried all available chi

Re: SVGALib

1999-07-23 Thread Chris Dion
Daniel Ruoso wrote: > > Does anybody know where can I find a good FAQ about SVGALIB, or (that > would be better) can explain me, how to run svgalib as a normal user? My understanding is that svgalib must run with root privileges. More info: http://siva.usc.edu/~brion/linux/svgalib-

SVGALib

1999-07-23 Thread Daniel Ruoso
Does anybody know where can I find a good FAQ about SVGALIB, or (that would be better) can explain me, how to run svgalib as a normal user? thanks ruoso

Re: SVGAlib and Riva TNT card?

1999-06-13 Thread Oleg Krivosheev
d I'm using the X server and OpenGL lib from > nVidia. Everything's fine in X, but SVGAlib has problems. I upgraded to > SVGAlib 1.3.1 from unstable, but still there are issues. > > I sometimes run zgv and Maelstrom, but the main reason I want SVGAlib is > to

Re: SVGAlib and Riva TNT card?

1999-06-12 Thread Raymond A. Ingles
On Sat, 12 Jun 1999, Frank Barknecht wrote: > Raymond A. Ingles hat gesagt: // Raymond A. Ingles wrote: > > I sometimes run zgv and Maelstrom, but the main reason I want SVGAlib is > > to try to run GLQuake. The Quake-HOWTO says I need SVGAlib to get there. [...] As I menti

Re: SVGAlib and Riva TNT card?

1999-06-12 Thread Frank Barknecht
Raymond A. Ingles hat gesagt: // Raymond A. Ingles wrote: > > I've got a Riva TNT card, and I'm using the X server and OpenGL lib from > nVidia. Everything's fine in X, but SVGAlib has problems. I upgraded to > SVGAlib 1.3.1 from unstable, but still there are issues

Re: SVGAlib and Riva TNT card? - solved

1999-06-11 Thread Raymond A. Ingles
uncommenting the "VesaText" option lets me use SVGAlib programs, and still have a usable text mode when I exit them. Unfortunately, this doesn't completely solve my GLQuake-on-TNT problem. Now squake works just fine, but glquake insists on having the glide library. My understand

SVGAlib and Riva TNT card?

1999-06-10 Thread Kenneth Scharf
> If I force VGA-only, everything's fine, but the >resolutions and colors >are, um, limited. If I force NV3 (Riva) mode, I get a >blank screen. It >still responds to keypresses and I can telnet in, but >until I >CNTRL-ALT-DEL the screen is hosed. This sounds familiar, the same thing happens to m

SVGAlib and Riva TNT card?

1999-06-10 Thread Raymond A. Ingles
I've got a Riva TNT card, and I'm using the X server and OpenGL lib from nVidia. Everything's fine in X, but SVGAlib has problems. I upgraded to SVGAlib 1.3.1 from unstable, but still there are issues. I sometimes run zgv and Maelstrom, but the main reason I want SVGAlib i

svgalib vs. GGI

1999-03-28 Thread ivan
Hello again, Having (now) worked out the basics of svgalib and being about to embark on a fairly substantial graphics project I wonder what peoples opinions are regarding svgalib vs. GGI ? Is svgalib dead and GGI "the way of the future" ? What is the state of svgalib development now

Re: svgalib mouse problems

1999-03-28 Thread ivan
Sorry for replying to my own post - this is to let everyone know that the problem has been solved. It seems that /dev/ttyS0 has permissions set for group dialout of which I (Ivan) was not a member. When I added myself to the group and followed Joey Hesse's suggestions from the bug mailing list

svgalib mouse problems

1999-03-27 Thread ivan
Hello, I'm having trouble in two areas whilst trying to learn to programme the mouse under svgalib. 1. The programme that comes with the source mousetest.c once compiled will run correctly for root but not for me (ivan). The error is "svgalib: Failed to initialise mouse." Th

svgalib + quake2 puzzle

1999-03-15 Thread Kenneth Scharf
an s3v to a matroix Millenum 8m so this might be the new card not working with svgalib. Anyway the screen went dark (still video as the monitor power light was still green) and no amount of Fn or ing would get another screen. I could still telnet in from my windows box, but killing doom didn

svgalib + quake2 puzzle

1999-03-15 Thread Don Berkich
Has anyone else had this problem?-- I upgraded to slink and compiled kernel 2.2.3 this weekend, no problems. Then, as root--it's a standalone box--I fired up quake2. The screen went blank and--first time I've seen this since escaping from MS--the keyboard went dead. Completely. Even numlock/ca

cont'd: svgalib...

1999-03-02 Thread Daniel Elenius
Ooops! Was a little fast on the keyboard there. Here's my libvga.config for real: libvga.config Description: Binary data Are there any other TNT users out there who've got it working? -- -~* Daniel Elenius *~-

svgalib problem on Riva TNT

1999-03-02 Thread Daniel Elenius
So far in my ~6 months of Linux experience, nothing have so completely eluded me as svgalib. I've never gotten it to work at all. There was a time when it crashed my graphics completely, but now it won't even do that. I compiled version 1.4.0 and the demo programs that go with it. Mo

Re: svgalib

1999-02-07 Thread Richard Harran
ivan wrote: > > I have now decided to use svgalib but already have run into trouble ! > I think you may need the svgalibg1-dev package. The *-dev packages seem to contain the header files and the static libraries required to complile your own programs. Note this packages depends on

Re: svgalib

1999-02-07 Thread Mitch Blevins
In foo.debian-user, you wrote: > I have now decided to use svgalib but already have run into trouble ! > > /* programme svgatest.c */ > > #include > #include "vga.h" > > main() > { > > /* code */ > > } > > #: gcc svgatest.c -O2 -lvg

svgalib

1999-02-07 Thread ivan
I have now decided to use svgalib but already have run into trouble ! /* programme svgatest.c */ #include #include "vga.h" main() { /* code */ } #: gcc svgatest.c -O2 -lvga Programme won't compile because a) Can't find vga.h b) Can't find vga li

Re: start svgalib progs from X

1999-01-18 Thread Brandon Mitchell
On Sun, 17 Jan 1999, Joey Hess wrote: > Open will do it. Use "open -s -w program", it will switch to a VT, run the > program, wait for it to finish, and switch back. That's exactly what I was looking for! Thanks Joey, Brandon +--- ---

Re: start svgalib progs from X

1999-01-18 Thread Joey Hess
Brandon Mitchell wrote: > It works as root. But I need a bit more than chvt, and I know I've seen a > program/script that does it about a year or more ago. The "more" that I > need is the ability to do this as a user, run a specified program, and > switch back to X when the program is done. I wa

Re: start svgalib progs from X

1999-01-18 Thread Brandon Mitchell
On Sun, 17 Jan 1999, Rob Mahurin wrote: > On Sun, Jan 17, 1999 at 05:54:41PM -0500, Brandon Mitchell wrote: > > > There is a little program called switchvt... I hardly remember, but I > > > think > > > it was just a single C file. > > > > That's about all I remember, too. (Although I was tryin

Re: start svgalib progs from X

1999-01-18 Thread Rob Mahurin
On Sun, Jan 17, 1999 at 05:54:41PM -0500, Brandon Mitchell wrote: > > There is a little program called switchvt... I hardly remember, but I think > > it was just a single C file. > > That's about all I remember, too. (Although I was trying runvt, loadvt, > launchvt.) Anyone have ideas on where

Re: start svgalib progs from X

1999-01-17 Thread Brandon Mitchell
On Sun, 17 Jan 1999, Tino Schwarze wrote: > > I want to start qwcl (quake world) from xqf (an X game finder). I > > remember something that would change the current vt (via chvt maybe) and > > then run your non-X program, followed by a change back to X. Does anyone > > know of such a program/scr

Re: start svgalib progs from X

1999-01-17 Thread Tino Schwarze
Hi Brandon, > I want to start qwcl (quake world) from xqf (an X game finder). I > remember something that would change the current vt (via chvt maybe) and > then run your non-X program, followed by a change back to X. Does anyone > know of such a program/script? There is a little program called s

start svgalib progs from X

1999-01-17 Thread Brandon Mitchell
I want to start qwcl (quake world) from xqf (an X game finder). I remember something that would change the current vt (via chvt maybe) and then run your non-X program, followed by a change back to X. Does anyone know of such a program/script? Thanks, Brandon +---

SVGALib and S3 Virge DX (375)

1999-01-01 Thread Jason Dawe
Hello again :) I am using a S3 Virge DX (375) and SVGALib. I have removed the # in front of the line "chipset s3" in /etc/vga/vgalib.config but SVGALib can't ID my s3 card, so it forces VGA. Is there any thing I can do to fix that?

Re: SQUAKE SVGALIB problems

1998-12-09 Thread Mark Panzer
ted frequently and you want to keep the +s > Strange, SVGALIB also locked my system. Sound and video worked for a few moments and then at a random ,short time, after it started my machine would just lock Is there some problem with [s,x]quake and the S3 chipset? I'm running 2.0.34. Panz

Re: SQUAKE SVGALIB problems

1998-12-08 Thread Alexander N. Benner
hi Ship's Log, Lt. Michael Beattie, Stardate 071298.1206: > A `chmod +s /usr/games/squake.real` will fix it. you should also consider running suidregister from the package suidmanager as squacke is worth being updated frequently and you want to keep the +s Greetings -- Alexander N. Benner -

Re: SQUAKE SVGALIB problems

1998-12-06 Thread Brandon Mitchell
On Mon, 7 Dec 1998, Michael Beattie wrote: > The binary, /usr/games/squake.real has to be setuid root to use svgalib. > I't is not packaged as such because it is a security hole. > A `chmod +s /usr/games/squake.real` will fix it. Doh, Michael is right, it's squake.real, not

Re: SQUAKE SVGALIB problems

1998-12-06 Thread Michael Beattie
On Sun, 6 Dec 1998, Mark Panzer wrote: > Well, I tried to use xquake but my system locked up 3 times after about > two seconds of use. I then decided to try out squake however when I run > squake I recieve the error: > > svgalib: Cannot get I/O permissions. > > I checked t

Re: SQUAKE SVGALIB problems

1998-12-06 Thread Brandon Mitchell
As root: chmod u+s /usr/games/squake It needs root to use svgalib, and permissions are then dropped to play quake. On Sun, 6 Dec 1998, Mark Panzer wrote: > Well, I tried to use xquake but my system locked up 3 times after about > two seconds of use. I then decided to try out squake howeve

SQUAKE SVGALIB problems

1998-12-06 Thread Mark Panzer
Well, I tried to use xquake but my system locked up 3 times after about two seconds of use. I then decided to try out squake however when I run squake I recieve the error: svgalib: Cannot get I/O permissions. I checked the permissions on the lib files and changed them so group and user could

SVGAlib, ZGV and ET6000 - hi res modes?

1998-11-29 Thread Felix K.K. Chang
Hello all, I want to use zgv with svgalib, which works, but the hi-res modes do not (I get 640x480, I think). As far as I know, my video card (et6000, 4Mb) is downward compatible with et4000 which has good (?) support in svgalib. I however cannot gather from the docs how to change modes. the F

Re: svgalib and Mach64 cards

1998-10-17 Thread Mitch Blevins
M.C. Vernon wrote: > Dear all, > > Does svgalibwork with such cards? Mine is an ATIXpert98 > > Thanks, > > Matthew > I couldn't get my Xpression+ TV2PC card to work with the Mach64 chipset defined, but it worked just fine if I defined the chipset as VESA (up to 800x600). -Mitch

svgalib and Mach64 cards

1998-10-17 Thread M.C. Vernon
Dear all, Does svgalibwork with such cards? Mine is an ATIXpert98 Thanks, Matthew -- Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo Steward of the Cambridge Tolkien Society Selwyn College Computer Support http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Chamber/8841/ http://www.cam.ac.uk/CambUniv/Societies/tolkien/

Matrox Mystique and SVGALib

1998-10-07 Thread ...
Has anyone ever gotten better than 320x200 with the above setup? As far as I can tell there is no native driver for this card. Is Matrox still withholding specs on their cards? I'm running the latest Debian packages of svgalib from slink.

SVGALib not seeing all of my Video RAM?

1998-10-07 Thread Steve Beitzel
Hello all, I was wondering if there is a way to specifically tell SVGALib how much Video RAM your card has, instead of relying on the autodetect. I have 8MB of SGRAM on my card (Diamond Viper V330 PCI, RIVA128), but when I start programs that use SVGALib, quake2 for instance, they only

Re: SVGALib, Xpert@Play and sQuake/Quake II

1998-09-22 Thread Adrian Bridgett
On Mon, Sep 21, 1998 at 05:57:26PM -0500, Ryan Kirkpatrick wrote: > On Sun, 20 Sep 1998, Adrian Bridgett wrote: > > > Matrox Millenium isn't particularly well supported by SVGAlib at the moment. > > I have an improved patch here, but I'm a bit wary of some trimmed se

Re: SVGALib, Xpert@Play and sQuake/Quake II

1998-09-21 Thread Ryan Kirkpatrick
On Sun, 20 Sep 1998, Adrian Bridgett wrote: > Matrox Millenium isn't particularly well supported by SVGAlib at the moment. > I have an improved patch here, but I'm a bit wary of some trimmed security > patches which are in the upstream release - the fewer patches we apply th

Re: SVGALIB

1998-09-20 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Sun, Sep 20, 1998 at 10:12:55PM +, Ruud de Bruin wrote: > When running "gs" as user, I receive the following error message: > > SVGALIB -- Cannot get I/O permissions. > > How can I solve this? You have to set the suid bit (It's a security hole, your user co

SVGALIB

1998-09-20 Thread Ruud de Bruin
When running "gs" as user, I receive the following error message: SVGALIB -- Cannot get I/O permissions. How can I solve this? Regards, Ruud.

Re: SVGALib, Xpert@Play and sQuake/Quake II

1998-09-20 Thread Adrian Bridgett
problem with squake on my Debian 2.0 > system as well, only I have a Matrox Millium(sp?) card. 'ldd `which > squake.real`' gives me: Matrox Millenium isn't particularly well supported by SVGAlib at the moment. I have an improved patch here, but I'm a bit wary of some trimme

Re: SVGALib, Xpert@Play and sQuake/Quake II

1998-09-19 Thread Ryan Kirkpatrick
On Thu, 17 Sep 1998, Adrian Bridgett wrote: > > >Does "ldd squake.real" say anything useful? > > > > Er, que? (spot the newbie sysadmin...) > > Which seems okay to me - the top one is the libc5 maths library, the bottom > one is the libc5 C library and the middle one is the libc5 vga library.

Re: SVGALib, Xpert@Play and sQuake/Quake II

1998-09-17 Thread Adrian Bridgett
e of days (windows, grr...) I'll try that and let you > know. The reason for asking is that the docs that came with SVGALib > suggested that the Mach64 drivers are a bit dodgy anyway... > > >Does "ldd squake.real" say anything useful? > > Er, que? (spot the

Re: SVGALib, Xpert@Play and sQuake/Quake II

1998-09-17 Thread Chris Whitworth
to the video card (OTOH plain >vga probably wouldn't work either). I can't honestly remember - I've not been using the Linux side of my box in the last couple of days (windows, grr...) I'll try that and let you know. The reason for asking is that the docs that came with

Re: SVGALib, Xpert@Play and sQuake/Quake II

1998-09-16 Thread Adrian Bridgett
On Tue, Sep 15, 1998 at 08:54:22AM -0700, Chris Whitworth wrote: > It doesn't work basically! > > It seems that the Mach64 libvga drivers as supplied on the Debian 2.0 > CD-Rom don't actually work (it crashes out with a segmentation fault > when it attempts to initialise the display) > > If I s

SVGALib, Xpert@Play and sQuake/Quake II

1998-09-15 Thread Chris Whitworth
It doesn't work basically! It seems that the Mach64 libvga drivers as supplied on the Debian 2.0 CD-Rom don't actually work (it crashes out with a segmentation fault when it attempts to initialise the display) If I select the default VGA drivers, then I can get some stuff to work, but certain

Re: Apple II emulaton and svgalib/suid

1998-06-23 Thread James Troup
"Richard E. Hawkins Esq." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hmm, i installed it a month or so ago, and I could get it working. > I installed today, after reinstalling the system a couple of weeks > ago, and I can't get it working. [...] > Has something changed? Yes; apple2 use to _incorrectly_ defa

Apple II emulaton and svgalib/suid

1998-06-17 Thread Richard E. Hawkins Esq.
Hmm, i installed it a month or so ago, and I could get it working. I installed today, after reinstalling the system a couple of weeks ago, and I can't get it working. eyryttyp2:hawk>apple2 svgalib: Cannot get I/O permissions. and eyryttyp2:hawk>apple2 -vga Warning: Forcing to s

Re: Dead keys and X11 3.3.2 & svgalib and mouse I/O permissions...

1998-05-26 Thread Ulf Jaenicke-Roessler
Ignacio Ms Ivars wrote: > I have two problems I think I know the solution but I don't know how to > apply it. First is the eternal problem of the dead keys under X11. I had > it solved using Thomas Quinnot modified libX11.so.6.1, but as I have > upgraded to hamm and to X11R6 3.3.2 it doesn'

Dead keys and X11 3.3.2 & svgalib and mouse I/O permissions...

1998-05-26 Thread Ignacio Más Ivars
rk anymore. I have tried to reinstall the modified library, but, as it is from version 3.3.1, it doesn't work. Anyone knows if there is any solution for version 3.3.2? I need my spanish accents!!! :-) The second problem is about the I/O permissions in svgalib. I have given suid bits to L

Re: Lincity and SVGAlib not working

1998-05-20 Thread Ian Lynagh
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Adrian Bridgett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >I would suggest removing the dummy package (you want to run it under svgalib >since you have got lincity-svga, if you want to run under x-windows you will >want lincity-x instead/as well). I forgo

Re: Lincity and SVGAlib not working

1998-05-20 Thread Adrian Bridgett
On Tue, May 19, 1998 at 03:09:19PM +0100, Ian Lynagh wrote: > > Hi all > > I d/led Hamms Lincity, Lincity-svga and the SVGAlib dummy. However, > after typing 5 for mouse (PS2 - I do not have gpm if that makes > a difference) it just stopped. I then tried removing the s

Lincity and SVGAlib not working

1998-05-19 Thread Ian Lynagh
Hi all I d/led Hamms Lincity, Lincity-svga and the SVGAlib dummy. However, after typing 5 for mouse (PS2 - I do not have gpm if that makes a difference) it just stopped. I then tried removing the svgalib dummy and installing svgalibg1, but this time it stopped at a screen with green and blue

Re: Heavy X11 and SVGATextMode and SVGAlib error

1998-03-30 Thread Scott McDermott
Florian Attenberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Sun, Mar 29, 1998 at 08:01:58PM +0200: > X11 Version 3.2.2:Segmentation fault > SVGAlib:Segmentation fault > SVGATextMode:Dont know (Display crashes totally :- ) > XF86Setup: Same as SVGATextMode > > My kernel was compiled with gcc 2.8.1 from the deb

Heavy X11 and SVGATextMode and SVGAlib error

1998-03-29 Thread Florian Attenberger
Hi, I have the latest (very unstable) hamm,frozen,slink - mix installed on my System. During theses updates suddenly all Graphical-Systems didn't work any more. X11 Version 3.2.2:Segmentation fault SVGAlib:Segmentation fault SVGATextMode:Dont know (Display crashes totally :- ) XF86Setup: Same

SVGALib and Matrox Mill II

1998-02-25 Thread D. Hageman
SVGALib doesn't natively recognize my Matrox card and because of this ... I can't get the full performace out of SVGALib when playing games like Quake, Quake2, etc ... Is there a new version of SVGALib I can get ... or ... does someone have a configuration file we can use to control

Re: svgalib

1998-02-01 Thread Michael Beattie
> > > Note that you definitely should try to write the mode line manually, > > > because > > > you want to use the highest refresh rate possible with your monitor and > > > video card. > > > > My First problem is that I have an ET4000, and it

Re: svgalib

1998-01-31 Thread Michael Beattie
> On Mon, Jan 31, 1994 at 02:20:19PM +1300, Michael Beattie wrote: H > > Hi, > > > > After studying the docs for svgalib (to get a working 320x200x256 mode) I > > have discovered a script with svgatextmode to get the vga registers and > > create

Re: svgalib

1998-01-31 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Mon, Jan 31, 1994 at 02:20:19PM +1300, Michael Beattie wrote: > Hi, > > After studying the docs for svgalib (to get a working 320x200x256 mode) I > have discovered a script with svgatextmode to get the vga registers and > create a mode for the libvga.et4000 file. Unfortunately

svgalib

1998-01-31 Thread Michael Beattie
Hi, After studying the docs for svgalib (to get a working 320x200x256 mode) I have discovered a script with svgatextmode to get the vga registers and create a mode for the libvga.et4000 file. Unfortunately, it requires a program by the name of "getVGAregs" which I cannot find. any s

svgalib: Signal 11: Segmentation fault received.

1997-12-16 Thread Pere Camps
debianized computer w/ quake), is it my memory (32 Megs, already changed it, tried with mem=8M), my motherboard (tried with/out external cache) or finally my CPU (tried with/out the internal cache). Or maybe it's the version of the svgalib? :-? TIA! Salutacions, Pere __o

Re: svgalib: Cannot get I/O permissions.

1997-11-30 Thread Joey Hess
Olivier THARAN wrote: > On Sat, Nov 29, 1997 at 12:49:32AM -0500, Paul Miller wrote: > > This happens when a regular user runs a graphics program out of X - such > > as squake... How can I fix this? > > > > svgalib: Cannot get I/O permissions. > > You need

Re: svgalib: Cannot get I/O permissions.

1997-11-29 Thread Olivier THARAN
On Sat, Nov 29, 1997 at 12:49:32AM -0500, Paul Miller wrote: > This happens when a regular user runs a graphics program out of X - such > as squake... How can I fix this? > > svgalib: Cannot get I/O permissions. You need to make your program setuid root (because svgalib wants a

svgalib: Cannot get I/O permissions.

1997-11-29 Thread Paul Miller
This happens when a regular user runs a graphics program out of X - such as squake... How can I fix this? svgalib: Cannot get I/O permissions. Thanks --- Paul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, finger for public PGP key 100 MB web space for $10/month, http://www.3dillusion.com -- TO UNSUB

Re: svgalib won't work

1997-10-10 Thread Oliver Elphick
HT 13177 Oct 10 15:06 fun This is a file with suid turned on but it is owned by you; in other words, whenever it runs, whoever runs it, it is run as if it were run by you. >> abapc $ ./fun >> svgalib: Cannot open /dev/console. > >Hmm, why doesn't thi

svgalib won't work

1997-10-10 Thread Joop Stakenborg
Hi, I am having some problems trying to run the demo programs from the svgalib1-dev package. After the compile I try to run the 'fun' program, here is the error I get: > abapc# ls -al fun > -rwsr-xr-x 1 jsg HT 13177 Oct 10 15:06 fun > abapc $ ./fun > svg

Re: SVGALIB and S3 Virge.

1997-10-01 Thread Carey Evans
Andrew Keen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > My question, my only problem, the fly in the ointment of Linux, the > "black fly in my Chardonnay" is that when I want to run a svgalib > program (X works) at the console it doesn't recognize it and then > -screws- i

SVGALIB and S3 Virge.

1997-10-01 Thread Andrew Keen
n my Chardonnay" is that when I want to run a svgalib program (X works) at the console it doesn't recognize it and then -screws- it up.. basically, it runs, but it doesn't recognize my Virge chip. As I've looked through DejaNews for the solution to my problem, I've been un

svgalib configuration?

1997-09-05 Thread Luka Pravica
Hi, does anyone knows how to configure svgalib with ATI Mach64 Rage II? I tried using vga mode but is is not working too, all I get is a blank screen. Thanks for any help. Luka -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble?

Re: Segfault with SVGAlib utils

1997-05-31 Thread Dan Everton
;>> your hardware, for ex. switching SIMMs or pulling them out one at a time >>> and see >>> if it segfaults again. >> >> I'm almost certain that the hardware is fine. Every single other program >> has zero trouble with it and there are even some

Re: svgalib

1997-05-30 Thread Rick Macdonald
On Fri, 30 May 1997, Klaus Ethgen wrote: > problem: If I start the game squake as user, I get the message: > > svgalib: Cannot open /dev/console. > Exit -1 > > If I start this game as root then everythink is ok. But I don't like to > start any game as root. Also

svgalib

1997-05-30 Thread Klaus Ethgen
Hi! I use the debian-linux distribution for some month. Now I have a small problem: If I start the game squake as user, I get the message: svgalib: Cannot open /dev/console. Exit -1 If I start this game as root then everythink is ok. But I don't like to start any game as root. Also few

Re: Segfault with SVGAlib utils

1997-05-29 Thread Dan Everton
As you say, since gs, et al. all work for other people it's not likely to be buggy app software. > your hardware, for ex. switching SIMMs or pulling them out one at a time and > see > if it segfaults again. I'm almost certain that the hardware is fine. Every single other progr

Segfault with SVGAlib utils

1997-05-25 Thread Dan Everton
I've sent a message to this list about this before but received no reply. I'm trying again. Everytime I attempt to run some utilities (gs4.03, tmview, etc.) I get a segfault with signal 11. I have no idea what this means and I'm completely confused because some other utilities (zgv and lockvc)

Segfault 11 with SVGALib Utils

1997-05-22 Thread Dan Everton
Every time I attempt to run a program that uses the SVGA lib it dies with a segfault 11. I'm running Debain 1.3, kernel 2.0.30, with the latest SVGA lib off the Debian ftp site, on a Cirrus Logic GLD5420 (or something close to that, it's old anyway) with 512k ram. Any clues welcome, Thanks in a

Problem with svgalib

1997-05-07 Thread Andreas Tille
Hello, I installed the tmview_96.05-1.deb package which I got from bo/binary/tex some days ago. At home it works fine at home but in the university it produces only a very strange vertical pattern. There aren't any error messages. The demos of svgalib work well. Does anybody have a

Re: Replacing svgalib1 with svgalib-dummy1

1997-04-12 Thread Riku Saikkonen
joost witteveen wrote: >> Would: >> dpkg --force-depends --purge svgalib1 >> dpkg --install svgalib-dummy1_1.2.10.deb >> be the right thing to do? >I just tried it (I needed a "dpkg -r svgalib1-dev" in between, BTW), >and it worked OK. (and, gs 3.33 st

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