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

> > You also don't have a video chip that supports svgalib.
>
> I run zgv on debian. Which is on the same box as BL. And uses the
> same chip, i810.
>
> Where I  have both of those libraries.
>
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root       375760 Feb  1  2005 libvga.so.1.4.3
> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root        57456 Feb  1  2005 libvgagl.so.1.4.3
>
> -rwsr-xr-x   1 root     root       211036 Dec 11  2001 zgv
>
> ZGV 5.5, Copyright (C) 1993-2001 Russell Marks

What chipset is specified in /etc/vga/libvga.config?

Possibly a later libvga works with your chip, and not the older one from 
Slackware 4.3.

David Moberg compiled a recent version in his 1-floppy-disk USB linux boot 
disk which Christof recently used.  From my site or David's.  With the 
1.4.3 libvga compiled against uclibc.

> It has been supported by X11 since 3.3.5.
>
> And 3.3.6, which I use on debian, works very well.
>
> [delete]
> > > Am working on building 3.3.6 on my uclibc OS. Has an i810 server
> > > with all the functionality _I_ need.
> >
> > What progress?
>
> Setting up the main source config file, host.def. Takes a lot of
> reading for someone like me who doesn't know graphics or X very
> well. I'm learning a lot.

Much more than if it all worked out of the box.
> So far, I have compiled quite a few libc6 apps with it, and
> all is fine. It already has most of what's on BL3.
>
> I suspect those bugs involve multi-media apps that I'm not
> interested in.

xfbdev that David compiled crashes if you switch terminals.
And some things just would not compile for him.

> Lee