On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 01:58:15PM +0000, Neo Sze Wee wrote:

> At the web site below, thet also offer binaries for download. They are
> big binaries. The static one is about 6 Mbytes and the dynamic one is
> about 4 Mbtyes. Your binary at 3 Mbtyes is still quite big. i do not
> know whether they will run in a 4 RAM machine.

I think the binaries at the web site are for the text-mode version.
In any case, I don't know if graphical links will run in 4 meg ram.
My test PC for Slack 8.1 has 8 meg. As I mentioned before, my 5 meg
386 that was running BasicLinux (Slack 3.5) is out of service (blown
power supply). I was able to run text-mode links and lynx386 for DOS
on that machine.

> > either text-mode or graphics-mode. It is distributed as source code
> > available at http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~clock/twibright/links/
> > along with instructions for required libraries to compile it.
> >
> > > I need a picture viewer. I have tried zgv but it is not stable.
> > > seejpeg will not show picture bigger than my screen.
> >
> > If you can't get zgv to work, I don't think that svgalib links will
>
> zgv works for me but sometimes I cannot use links after that. I need to
> reboot if I want to use links. I do not know what other funny thing it
> does to my system.
>
> > work. I am using zgv 5.6 with svgalib 1.4.3 with an ATI 4 meg card
> > and 17" monitor (Nano). In /etc/vga/libvga.config I set chipset to
> > VESA (not ATI) for the card, and had to tweak the modelines for my
> > monitor (same as X version 3).

That is Debian on my P1 with lots of ram. On my test box (486sx25 8 meg
ram, slack 8.1), the zgv 5.6 Debian binary with Slackware svgalib 1.4.3
works fairly well. The vga card is an old onboard Oak (256 or 512K). In
/etc/vga/libvga.config, I set chipset to VGA (not OAK) and left the
modelines commented out. The monitor is a 14" SVGA (AOC).

Seejpeg does not load, the error message says something about not
finding a 256 colour mode. If I try to run the graphical links
Debian binary, which works in text-mode, it freezes the system and
I have to reboot. This may have something to do with the mouse. I
don't see anything in dmesg or rc.* about my PS/2 (mini) mouse on
psaux. In slack 3.5, there is something in rc.modules and the
mouse is recognized in dmesg.

I haven't tried using zgv as external viewer with links in text-mode,
but I'll do that and let you know.

> > I think it would be up to Steven, if he wants to compile it for
> > BasicLinux. I haven't got that far yet.

I can now compile "Hello world!" on my slack 8.1 test box. Glibc
is a 13 meg download. :-) I'm thinking now that it would be more
efficient to compile big programs on a faster box.

Howard E.

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