From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 14 13:41:58 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 51155367 for ; Tue, 14 Oct 2014 13:41:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fly.hiwaay.net (fly.hiwaay.net [216.180.54.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1BEBBE93 for ; Tue, 14 Oct 2014 13:41:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from kabini1.local (rbn1-216-180-76-242.adsl.hiwaay.net [216.180.76.242]) (authenticated bits=0) by fly.hiwaay.net (8.13.8/8.13.8/fly) with ESMTP id s9EDfu3o026415 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 14 Oct 2014 08:41:56 -0500 Message-ID: <543D299B.9010509@hiwaay.net> Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 08:48:11 -0500 From: "William A. Mahaffey III" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.1.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 CC: "FreeBSD Questions !!!!" Subject: Re: seejpeg question .... References: <543D1E72.6050105@hiwaay.net> <20141014153228.c78b356e.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20141014153228.c78b356e.freebsd@edvax.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 13:41:58 -0000 On 10/14/14 08:32, Polytropon wrote: > On Tue, 14 Oct 2014 08:00:34 -0500, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: >> [wam@kabini1, ~, 7:53:53am] 530 % seejpeg Desktop/raspberry-pi-netbsd.jpg >> You must be the owner of the current console to use svgalib. >> Not running in a graphics capable console, >> and unable to find one. >> svgalib: ark: Assuming normal VGA DAC. >> You must be the owner of the current console to use svgalib. >> Not running in a graphics capable console, >> and unable to find one. >> svgalib: can't open /dev/console >> [wam@kabini1, ~, 7:54:06am] 531 % uname -a >> FreeBSD kabini1.local 9.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 9.3-RELEASE #0 r268512: Thu >> Jul 10 23:44:39 UTC 2014 >> root@snap.freebsd.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 >> [wam@kabini1, ~, 7:58:32am] 532 % >> >> >> Obviously a nogo. It wasn't installed as an option under XFCE to view >> that file when I double-clicked on it ... What do I need to do to get >> this program to work for me, either under XFCE or from CLI (tcsh under >> rxvt from XFCE) ? > Several things: > > First, this program is using svgalib, which means it allows > graphics display without X, or to say it in a different way: > This is an image viewer for the console. But svgalib isn't > fully supported on FreeBSD. This program is _not_ an X program. > It won't work the way you assume. > > Second: If you use XFCE (all capitals), one might get the > impression that you're refering to the CDE-lookalike XFCE 3. > The new Xfce desktop (version 4) uses a capital X, and then > just fce in lowercase. :-) > > If you're searching for a simple image viewer, try xzgv. You > can use it as a standalone program or call it from a desktop > association (i. e., for supported image file formats). You > could also try xv (very popular) and "display" (part of the > ImageMagic port). But with Xfce, you already probably have > half of Gnome installed, so you could also check out eog. ;-) > > Personally, I like xzgv, and I have it associated with image > types to "start" them from within the Midnight Commander (just > press ENTER on an image, and it will be displayed, scaled to > the window size properly). > > Example: interactively browse a directory in fullscreen: > > % xzgv -tzf ~/cam/2014-10-01/ > > Only show one image: > > % xzgv -z /tmp/someimage.jpg > > Browse specified images: > > % xzgv -tz /scratch/test/bla*jpg my_*_nose.png bla.gif > > This viewer has nice keyboard and mouse support, its older > versions (last usable version: 0.8_9) can also dynamically > adjust brightness, contrast and other image properties. It > can rotate and zoom. It also supports thumbnails. See if you > like it. Just a suggestion. > > > Thanks for the clarification on seejpeg. I found a reference to it online, that's why I tried it. I will try xzgv ASAP .... Thx again :-) .... -- William A. Mahaffey III ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war ever devised by man." -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr.