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Date:      Fri, 03 Mar 95 11:44:52 -0800
From:      hasty@netcom.com
To:        hackers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Lites and Doom
Message-ID:  <199503031944.LAA13819@netcom14.netcom.com>

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Hi,

My first cracked at running Doom was not too successful.

jhk, uploaded the linux shared libraries needed to run doom to:
ftp://freefall.cdrom.com/pub/incoming/linux-stuff.tgz

Without them you don't even have a chance at running doom because
linux uses static shared libs :)

Now the good news is that I can run doom almost to the point that
is ready to display. 

I downloaded  cal, a simple linux program, which uses shared libs,
and it runs. So we can at least run linux programs.

This is the list of problems:

(1) Svga version of Doom, it fails to display because the linux iopl
called failed to give permission to Doom to access the vga card.

(2) X version of Doom seems to run till is ready to display however
I don't have an X server to run under Mach yet. I can compiled one
however I am running out time.

(3) Most likeley I will not be able to run the linux X server mostly
because the iopl does not work and there may be other problems however
I have not gotten that far. I need at least another linux static library
so I have to go out and get it --- is libm.

The FreeBSD X server can't run because it can't find a suitable
console driver. I will look into this further next week.

(4) There is no ethernet driver for my SMC card. So I can't aim
the display to another FreeBSD. We may have to develop a strategy
to port some of our drivers to lites . 


Well I am going to Hawaii tomorrow and will be back Thursday.

	Cheers,
	Amancio






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