Executor 2.0/executorv2.0.iso/pc/dos/extra/docs/maillist/text/archive.95/text5254.txt

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From: [e-mail] (Clifford T. Matthews)
To: [e-mail] (Phil Kemp)
Cc: [e-mail] (Mat Hostetter), [e-mail]
Subject: Re: Executor/Linux users: svgalib 1.28 was just released
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>>>>> "Phil" == Phil Kemp <[e-mail]> writes:

    Phil> Mat Hostetter writes:
    >>  I haven't tried it with Executor yet, but apparently it's a
    >> big improvement over svgalib 1.27 if you have an S3 chipset.
    >> Even if you don't, the new release fixes some other bugs that
    >> may affect you.

    Phil> I have the latest aout binary and usually run it under X. I
                 ^^^^^^^^^^
    Phil> would like to try it under SVGALIB.

Hi Folks,

I don't want to appear to be picking on Phil, but *please* always
state explicitly which version of Executor you have, even though "the
latest" may seem easier to type.  The problem with "the latest" is
that a new version may have been released that you don't know about
for one reason or another, and so at ARDI we automatically discount
that term.

If you have Executor/Linux 1.99p installed then you should have
/usr/local/bin/executor-svga installed, so all you need to do is get
on the console and type:

executor-svga

However, the SVGAlib version needs root permission to access the
graphics card directly.  So you can either run as root (not
recommended) or make the program "setuid-root" (recommended starting
with 1.99p, but NOT BEFORE 1.99p).  You can do the later by doing this:


    beaut 4.1 su
    Password:
    beaut:/users/ctm# chown root /usr/local/bin/executor-svga
    beaut:/users/ctm# chmod u+s /usr/local/bin/executor-svga
    beaut:/users/ctm# ls -l /usr/local/bin/executor-svga
    -rwsr-xr-x   1 root 1595628 Sep 28 10:43 /usr/local/bin/executor-svga
    beaut:/users/ctm# exit
    exit
    beaut 4.2

(I've pared down the ls output slightly)

Once you've done that you can just run executor-svga as yourself and
Executor will momentarily run as root, get access to your video card
and then run as you again.

    Phil> How do I do this. If I execute executor from the shell
    Phil> prompt I just get an error to the effect that the x server
    Phil> could not be opened.

    Phil> BTW, the SVGALIB tests seem to work, although the best I can
    Phil> do is 640x480x256 on my Diamond Stealth Pro (the S3 support
    Phil> is not very complete yet...)

    Phil> I'm all ears.  PK

Good luck.  It makes a ton of difference for some of the shoot-em-up
style games.

    Phil> -- Phil Kemp Voice:(214)-497-4671 CONVEX Computer
    Phil> Corporation Fax:[phone] Richardson, Texas
    Phil> Internet:[e-mail]

--Cliff
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