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- >>>>> "Phil" == Phil Kemp <kemp@convex1.convex.com> 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:(214)-497-4141 Richardson, Texas
- Phil> Internet:kemp@convex.com
-
- --Cliff
- ctm@ardi.com
-
-