[linrad] Re: Linux distributions

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In the more recent versions of svgalib you  can turn off the need for svgalib_helper by setting parameters in the config file.  In earlier versions you needed to set it before compiling.  i am at work and so can't give you the details, but its not hard to find the info.

rr


 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: richard <richard.bown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Joe Fitzgerald wrote:
> > richard wrote:
> > 
> >> I did auto complete  Joe just the way it downloaded, I agree it does 
> >> help sanity, when all about seem to be losing theirs :)
> > 
> > 
> > Well, I just tried
> > 
> > [jfitzgerald@xxxxxx ~]$ wget http://www.svgalib.org/svgalib-1.4.3.tar.gz
> > --10:33:33--  http://www.svgalib.org/svgalib-1.4.3.tar.gz
> >           => `svgalib-1.4.3.tar.gz'
> > Resolving www.svgalib.org... 80.74.115.3
> > Connecting to www.svgalib.org|80.74.115.3|:80... connected.
> > HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
> > Length: 840,282 (821K) [application/x-gzip]
> > 
> > 100%[=====================================================>] 
> > 840,282       87.80K/s    ETA 00:00
> > 
> > 10:33:44 (84.00 KB/s) - `svgalib-1.4.3.tar.gz' saved [840282/840282]
> > 
> > [jfitzgerald@xxxxxx ~]$ tar xfvz svgalib-1.4.3.tar.gz
> > svgalib-1.4.3/
> > svgalib-1.4.3/0-INSTALL
> > svgalib-1.4.3/0-README
> > svgalib-1.4.3/Makefile
> > svgalib-1.4.3/Makefile.cfg
> > svgalib-1.4.3/demos/
> > svgalib-1.4.3/demos/Makefile
> > ...
> > 
> > and all was well.  Perhaps autocomplete is tricking you?  Note that if 
> > you try again, autocomplete only goes as far as 'svgalib-1.4.3' - the 
> > name of the directory you just untarred.  Make sure you rm -rf the old 
> > svgalib directory (or type out the full filename)
> > 
> > -Joe KM1P
> Highly probably Joe, but 1.4.3 does not build :(
> /home/Richard/HamApps/svgalib-1.4.3/src/vga.c:3919:1: error: pasting "." and 
> "HDisplay" does not 
> give a valid preprocessing token
> /home/richard/HamApps/svgalib-1.4.3/src/vga.c:3920:1: error: pasting "." and 
> "HSyncStart" does not 
> give a valid preprocessing token
> /home/richard/HamApps/svgalib-1.4.3/src/vga.c:3921:1: error: pasting "." and 
> "HSyncEnd" does not 
> give a valid preprocessing token
> /home/richard/HamApps/svgalib-1.4.3/src/vga.c:3922:1: error: pasting "." and 
> "HTotal" does not give 
> a valid preprocessing token
> /home/richard/HamApps/svgalib-1.4.3/src/vga.c:3923:1: error: pasting "." and 
> "VDisplay" does not 
> give a valid preprocessing token
> /home/richard/HamApps/svgalib-1.4.3/src/vga.c:3924:1: error: pasting "." and 
> "VSyncStart" does not 
> give a valid preprocessing token
> /home/richard/HamApps/svgalib-1.4.3/src/vga.c:3925:1: error: pasting "." and 
> "VSyncEnd" does not 
> give a valid preprocessing token
> /home/richard/HamApps/svgalib-1.4.3/src/vga.c:3926:1: error: pasting "." and 
> "VTotal" does not give 
> a valid preprocessing token
> make[1]: *** [vga.o] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/richard/HamApps/svgalib-1.4.3/sharedlib'
> make: *** [sharedlib/libvga.so.1.4.3] Error 2
> 
> At least 9.24 does but no svga-helper
> 
> Back to RPM's, at least the helpers thers !
> 
> tnx
> 73 ERichard G8JVM
> 
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