OpenEuphoria

Re: [LNX]Travis' Linux Lament continues ...

• Posted by Michael Sabal <mikes at notations.com> Apr 30, 2001
• 404 views

eu_engin.e uses the shared library svgalib.so.  The error you received is =
from svgalib.so, and not any part of Euphoria.  Try the following steps to =
see if your problem is corrected:

1)  Run as root.  If OK, try doing chmod 666 /dev/tty (extend console =
write permission to world).

2) Try running in mode 18.  If OK, your setup is not supporting all modes. =
 Remember that Linux modes are not necessarily the same as DOS modes.  I =
think eu_engin.e accounts for the difference,but I don't remember.

3) Do other svgalib programs run fine?  If not, try reinstalling your =
svgalib package (as a whole).

HTH,
Michael J. Sabal (kb3gjt)


>>> travisbeaty at arn.net 04/30/01 10:32AM >>>
Howdy y'all!

New Linux problem for everyone:

I've been playing with the eu_engin.e include file, to produce graphics in =
Linux.  I attempted to=20
run the following short code:

-- Test program to switch graphics mode and draw a yellow circle in Linux.

When I attempt to run this, no circle appears on the screen and no ex.err =
file was produced. =20
However, upon termination, I found these lines:

Int 0x10 is not in rom (0114:0113)
No VESA bios detected!
Try running vga_reset.
Using VGA driver.