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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Sun, 12 Sep 2004 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> sindi keesan wrote:
> > > So BL3 contains static uClibc versions of busybox and
> > > Xvesa.
> >
> > Would the BL3 Xvesa that you compiled also work in BL2?
>
> Probably.
>
> > Is there any chance of your posting an xvesa add-on for BL2
> > that could be used INSTEAD OF your bl2-x.tgz package
>
> I am no longer developing stuff for BL2.  My focus is entirely
> on BL3 now.

Could you at least package Xvesa for BL2, using the executable that you 
compiled for BL3?  I can't figure out how to get the delilinux package 
working without installing the 10MB files you recommended for Bl2 X. It 
won't use the fonts I installed.  Or do I just copy over all the files in 
/usr/X11R6 from BL3 to BL2?  Anything else I would need, such as scripts 
or .xinitrc?  /var/X11R6?  Would the BL3 libraries for X work in BL2?

> > Would a dynamic glibc (libc6, 2.1.3) Xvesa be larger or smaller
> > than the static uClibc that you compiled?
>
> Around the same size.  But, if you are running glibc2 libraries,
> you would be better off with a dynamic glibc2 version.  I suspect
> that some (most?) of the problems we are having with Xvesa are
> caused by the way it was compiled (static uClibc).

I have problems with the delilinux Xvesa in BL2, specifically I have to 
bypass the startup files (himem.sys).

> > > Yes.  Although I am running into relatively few programs
> > > that fail to compile on libc5.  A much bigger impediment
> > > is Xvesa.
> >
> > Impediment in what way?
>
> They work fine with a normal Xserver, but they crash with Xvesa.
> Usually the crash is immediate.  Sometimes the program comes up
> fine, but crashes the first time you click on it.

Opera works fine with Xvesa in BL2 on one computer.  xv worked fine.  xpdf 
worked.  I did not try other X programs in BL2 with Xvesa.  Console 
programs seem to work okay.  Realaudio worked on the one computer that I 
was able to install it on, in Xvesa, BL2.

I would try installing Realaudio with X in plain VGA (bl2-x.tgz) but it 
insists on having more colors.

Maybe the BL3 Xvesa problem is due to use of uClibC Xvesa when the other 
programs are compiled with a glibc5?

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