Date   : Sun, 03 Aug 2003 21:13:23 +0100 (BST)
From   : Thomas Adam <thomas_adam16@...>
Subject: Re: BeebEm Development

 --- Patrick Kaell <sparc@...> wrote: 

Patrick,

I gave your Unix Beebem a go, but as soon as I type in "beebem" the screen
flashes up and nothing else happens. It disppears after that. I don't get
any errors reported, and running strace yields nothing useful. Any ideas?

(and, yes, I am running beebem under the same user that has $DISPLAY set).

I had exactly the same problem with Dave Gilbert's beebem too. I have all
the files.

-- Thomas Adam

> Hello,
> 
> > I am a little concerned though the the Unix version is lagging behind
> the
> > Windows one? I cannot remember who the Unix maintainer of this was,
> but I
> > am busy 'looking' at the code in ernest of improving it.
> 
> The UNIX version of BeebEm is unmaintained. The original author is Dave
> Gilbert who isn't currently doing any work on it. I did some
> modifications some while ago which can be found at:
> 
> http://www.kayoon.net/kaell/beebem
> 
> I have also done some modifications which I haven't published. Perhaps I
> should invest some time in it ;-)
> 
> Dave Gilbert used code from a MPEG-1 player to draw the updates in a X
> window (bypassing the X protocol by using direct memory access).
> Unfortunately this code only works for X sessions with 8 bit depth
> visuals. Therefore I always start an X server with 8 bit depth visuals
> on another Linux virtual console. This is convenient for me (switching
> between BeebEm and my regular desktop session with the function keys).
> What do other people think of this? I have already tried to modify the
> code to work with 24 bit visuals, but this isn't easy... (My Xlib
> programming manual doesn't cover direct memory access).
> 
> I try to find some time in the near future to do new modifications on
> the UNIX version and to release unpublished modifications...
> 
> Patrick Kaell
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====
Thomas Adam

"The Linux Weekend Mechanic" -- www.linuxgazette.com

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