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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