On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 05:39:24AM -0500, Howard Eisenberger wrote: > 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.
links-0.98 is text-mode but links-2.1(?) is graphic-mode (but can be run as tex-mode). > 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 Try: seejpeg --enable-8x5 PIC_FILE > 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. > > To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. > Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. > More info can be found at; > http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
