Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2000 13:09:54 +0600 (LKT)
From: Kalum Somaratna aka Grendel <kalum AT lintux DOT cx>
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To: Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p>
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Subject: Re: DJGPP <--> Linux portability
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On  Sun, 15 Oct 2000, Damian Yerrick immortalised himself by saying...

> On Sun, 15 Oct 2000 01:17:18 +0100, Jason Green
> <news AT jgreen4 DOT fsnet DOT co DOT uk> wrote:
> 
> >"Edmund Horner" <ejrh AT paradise DOT net DOT nz> wrote:
> >
> >> 1. I have a disquieting feeling that doing graphics stuff in Linux is
> >> tricky.  For example when I try to run the examples that come with the
> >> Allegro WIP, I get errors about Mode-X (this only happens for some of the
> >> examples).  Does a program need to do stuff with permissions in order to
> >> change video mode, or something?
> >
> >I don't use Allegro but I believe it sits on top of SVGAlib in Linux.
> >SVGAlib programs need to be suid root to have access to the video
> >hardware.
> 
> Or it could use framebuffer or X11, both of which run as normal user.

Doesnt Allegro support drawing to GGI? If so then GGI can render to a X
window, glide etc, so all the problems about running suid binaries
disappears.

> ( \   GNOME vs. KDE: the game!

KDE won!

Best Wishes,
Grendel


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