Date: Wed, 27 Sep 1995 01:45:51 -0700 From: "Amancio Hasty Jr." <hasty@rah.star-gate.com> To: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.RWTH-Aachen.DE> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: vgalib for FreeBSD! Message-ID: <199509270845.BAA00794@rah.star-gate.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 27 Sep 1995 08:31:51 BST." <199509270731.IAA11353@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
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Well, I just took a quick look at it and again I think is a mess. I would rather cut out the XFree86 low level graphic support and make it into a library than to mess with the so called svgalib. However, if you guys want to go at it have it :) 0.25 cents... Amancio >>> Christoph Kukulies said: > > > > The biggest problem with the svgalib is its lack of support for svga > > cards. For instance, the last time that I checked there was no > > support for S3 cards . I guess a good starting point will be to > > port whatever is available then include a lot of the XFree86 init > > and graphic routines. The effort is almost not worth it -- at least > > from my point and view . I suggest doing a net search for a better packag e. > > I didn't take a look at it yet but I don't regard it such useless > if it supports at least the standard vga modes and eventually > a 256 color mode. It would be ideal to be incorporated into Jordans > new sysinstall stuff to allow for ('better') graphical setup > look and feel (a la Win95, ducking and holding hands against ears :-) > > I dropped the original posting of Olof Johansson. Can someone give the > coordinates of the package (vgalib) please once again? > If it's GPL'ed it's ruled out as a candidate for > graphical install stuff, of course. > > > > > My 0.2 graphical cents > > Amancio > > > > >>> J Wunsch said: > > > As Olof Johansson wrote: > > > > > > > > A couple of months ago someone mentioned that he/she had ported an ol d > > > > vgalib from linux to FreeBSD. I'd like to know how old that version w as, > > > > and how much work it'd be to port the latest version. :) > > > > > > I think somebody is porting it for NetBSD. > > > > > > -- > > > cheers, J"org > > > > > > joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ > > > Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-) > > > > > > > > > > > --Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de
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