[linrad] Re: Linux distributions

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Hi Richard and all,


>Just one foot note to that Leif
> 
> There is a move with all the linux distros to cope with hot plugging of devices.
> and due to this /dev/ is now dynamic, This means you can no longer rely on svgalibs
> to create entires in the /dev tables.
> This is done by udev.
Without knowledge of udev I solved this problem in linrad by
introducing the command "make svgalib" which adds a script that
executes at boot time and installs everything necessary.

> Mandriva  follows this approach, and so will the others,
> for all the distros the main use is desktop apps and the ease of which they can be implemented.
> People want to be able to plug anything into a USB port and see it work.
> 
> The down side to linrad is manually entering into /dev with mknod 
> every time the machine is powered up.
???
I did not try Mandriva, but nobody told me that the "make svgalib" does
not work.

> It may be better to look at some of the more ancient distro's which specialize for applications away 
> from the main stream.
I do not think so. To the extent that I get feedback I make
changes to the Linrad Makefile.in in order to make install
work easily under all Linux distros. 

> Mandriva is not an odd ball distro, its one of the easiest to set up and has taken over 3 other 
> distros in the past year, and its still got an appetite for more.
Yes, formerly Mandrake. I would be interested to know whether
Linrad installs if one follows the instructions at the Linrad
Home Page including installing svgalib from source code.

73

Leif


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