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From: Paul M Foster <paulf@×××××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] udev, /dev/svga and gnuplot
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 14:51:19
Message-Id: 20050811143235.GB7718@quillandmouse.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] udev, /dev/svga and gnuplot by "W.Kenworthy"
1 On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 09:52:56PM +0800, W.Kenworthy wrote:
2
3 > bunyip ccze-0.2.1 # ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge svgalib -s
4 > Searching...
5 > [ Results for search key : svgalib ]
6 > [ Applications found : 1 ]
7 >
8 > * media-libs/svgalib
9 > Latest version available: 1.9.21
10 > Latest version installed: 1.9.19-r3
11 > Size of downloaded files: 928 kB
12 > Homepage: http://www.svgalib.org/
13 > Description: A library for running svga graphics on the console
14 > License: BSD
15 >
16
17 Okay, this package, installed, does not solve the problem. So again, how
18 do I create a _working_ link to /dev/svga? (Not MAKEDEV-- it doesn't
19 know how to make this link.)
20
21 Paul
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25 >
26 > On Thu, 2005-08-11 at 02:02 -0400, Paul M Foster wrote:
27 > > Using gentoo 2005.0 and trying to install the latest gnuplot, the
28 > > compile fails, and appears to be looking for a /dev/svga link.
29 > > I've updated udev and svgalib to the latest. There was supposedly a fixed
30 > > bug, number 92158, which talks about this. The person who repaired the
31 > > bug made a change to svgalib to repair the problem, but the version
32 > > repaired appears to be 1.9.21, and the latest I can get is 1.9.19.
33 > >
34 > > No workaround is mentioned, so my question is: how do I make a proper
35 > > link at /dev/svga, so gnuplot will be happy and compile?
36 > >
37 > > Paul
38 > >
39 >
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