[links] links almost working

[Karel Kulhavy]

On Tue, Apr 24, 2007 at 10:09:36AM +0200, pierre.haderer at enst-bretagne.fr wrote:
> hello,
> 
> I just met a problem, I have know idea why it is happenning, maybe  
> someone knows about it.
> 
> I configure links to make it work with graphics, with svgalib so I  
> started with :
> ./configure --enable-graphics --without-x --without-direct-fl
> the result was :
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> Configuration results:
> 
> GPM support:            NO
> SSL support:            NO
> Supported compression:  ZLIB
> Javascript enabled:     NO
> Graphics enabled:       YES
> Graphics drivers:       SVGALIB
> Image formats:          GIF PNG XBM JPEG
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> 
> so I continued with :
> make
> without problem, and I finally used this :
> ./links -g -mode 800x600x16M
> 
> The result is like I had unplugged my screen from my computer (no  
> signal). When I come back to the x server console (ctrl+alt+F7), in my  
> terminal I can read :
> [svgalib: allocated virtual console #8]
> Have I forgot to add an option ?
> 
> The only way to stop it is to close my terminal. After that, if I go  
> back to the previous console (ctrl+alt+F8), the first time I'm  
> immediately redirected to the x server console, the next time the  
> change works and I can read the name of my graphic card and the  
> version of svgalib.

Sounds like problems with svgalib itself, not links. Can you run other svgalib
applications?

CL<
> 
> If someone know why this happen ... (or need precision)
> 
> Thank you for your attention.
> 
> --
> Pierre Haderer
> 
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