On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 09:52:56PM +0800, W.Kenworthy wrote:

> bunyip ccze-0.2.1 # ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge svgalib -s
> Searching...
> [ Results for search key : svgalib ]
> [ Applications found : 1 ]
> 
> *  media-libs/svgalib
>       Latest version available: 1.9.21
>       Latest version installed: 1.9.19-r3
>       Size of downloaded files: 928 kB
>       Homepage:    http://www.svgalib.org/
>       Description: A library for running svga graphics on the console
>       License:     BSD
> 

Okay, this package, installed, does not solve the problem. So again, how 
do I create a _working_ link to /dev/svga? (Not MAKEDEV-- it doesn't 
know how to make this link.)

Paul


> 
> 
> On Thu, 2005-08-11 at 02:02 -0400, Paul M Foster wrote:
> > Using gentoo 2005.0 and trying to install the latest gnuplot, the
> > compile fails, and appears to be looking for a /dev/svga link.
> > I've updated udev and svgalib to the latest. There was supposedly a fixed
> > bug, number 92158, which talks about this. The person who repaired the
> > bug made a change to svgalib to repair the problem, but the version
> > repaired appears to be 1.9.21, and the latest I can get is 1.9.19.
> >
> > No workaround is mentioned, so my question is: how do I make a proper
> > link at /dev/svga, so gnuplot will be happy and compile?
> >
> > Paul
> >
> 
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