Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 11:06:57 -0500 (EST) From: Christopher C Chimelis <chris@classnet.med.miami.edu> To: debian-alpha@lists.debian.org Subject: SVGAlib...the neverending saga Hi all... Figured I'd give some info to anyone that's interested in why we don't have the new SVGAlib packages working on the Alpha yet (I know a few have tried already to port it with no success).... Basically, it's ugly....really ugly. Basically, it's going to need a retooling (and partial rewrite) of the Alpha support within SVGAlib. Turns out that, so far, it only supports LCA Alphas (Low-Cost Alphas) and APECS (21064-based) Alphas, but not the Pyxis-based (21164a-based) Alphas. This may explain freaky SVGAlib performance on any LX, SX, or PC164-based Alphas. I'm already starting (in a few minutes) on the rewrite/retool. Anyone who wishes to help me on this and get a more technical explanation is welcome to write to me (I could use the help). Figured I'd let the rest of you know anyway, though :-) C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-alpha-request@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org