Re: [linrad] VESA; and a question

[Joe Taylor <joe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Leif --

Leif Asbrink wrote:

>>I discovered that 1.9.17-1 has no include 
>>file named "vgagl.h".  So, rather than digging into source code I 
>>deleted all the 1.9.17-1 files and installed the "standard" svgalib 
>>1.4.3 package.
> 
> Oooh! I do not know if the 1.9.18 has it either. Maybe the
> old one from svgalib-1.4.3 is still in place...

I will look into this as soon as I get a chance.  This will probably be 
not before next weekend.

>>I have noticed that the percentage CPU usage for my simple system (one 
>>real channel, SSB bandwidth) is typically 15 - 17% with the parameters 
>>that you suggested to use in your IC-706 examples.  That level of CPU 
>>usage seemed very high for a 2.7 GHz P4; quite possibly it is also 
>>because of poor performance by the display hardware.  I am also seeing
>>some SPEED ERRORS, SPEED WARNINGS and OVERRUN ERRORS messages.
> 
> Could be. It could also be because of the usleep() problem or some
> other malfunction of the code. Linrad-01.18 should not have these 
> problems, it would be interesting to know what happens if you
> upgrade Linrad before svgalib.

OK, I will upgrade to Linrad-01.18 first, test it out, and and then go 
to svgalib 1.9.18.

Like Stan, KA1ZE, I would be happy to know of any special tricks you 
used to get svgalib 1.9.18 working.
					-- 73, Joe, K1JT



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