Hello dear FreeBSD friends.
I am having trouble to get SVGALIB running. I need it for running LINRAD amateur radio software from the ports. I cvsuped the ports collection and installed LINRAD and SVGALIB with the make and make install comands as usual, no problem at all. The problem arises when I execute linrad and get a "nice Bus error" :-(
I have configured the file /usr/local/etc/vga/libvga.config many times according to my hardware with no success. Also tried to place the config file in /etc/vga/libvga.config. I have googled for bugs but I did not find any problems like this one.
I am a Debian GNU/Linux user and never had problems to get SVGALIB running in this box. My cpu is a 1200 MHz AMD athlon processor. Graphic card is a Nvidia TNT 32 MB.
I attach my libvga.config
I will apreciate any help. Does anybody have such a Nvidia TNT card working with SVGALIB?
Many thanks in advance, anyway, I am enjoying FreeBSD, it is fun! . The Linrad software is very important for me as a radio amateur and I need getting it working in order to switch from Linux to FreeBSD (I use it for MoonBounce communication). FreeBSD ofers for me everything I do in Linux, so If I make Linrad work I could switch.
Hello again:
I have tried a simple C program to test svgalib drawing some line patterns on the screen. I found that it works if I use "chipset VGA" in /usr/local/etc/vga/libvga.config. If I choose "chipset NV3" acording to my video card it segfaults (that is the setting I have under Linux). The problem is that VGA mode does not offer enough resolution and color depth to run Linrad software.
Do you think that I should write a bug report to the mantainer saying that the NVIDIA card does not work with SVGALIB?
Thanks in advance. Ramiro.
/*SVGALIB TEST*/ #include<vga.h>
void main(void){
int a;
vga_init();
vga_setmode(G640x480x16);
vga_setcolor(6);for (a=0;a<640;a=a+10){
vga_drawline(0,0,a,480);
}
sleep(4);} _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
