From: CalcPage@aol.com
Date: Fri 24 Dec 1999 - 22:23:59 IST
Hi! I just installed svgalib to my zipslack 7.0 (slackware without GUIs on a DOS partition) laptop linux box and have a problem. I got a very basic console pixel graphics program compiled (gcc -O3 -o testvga testvga.c -lvga) and executed, so I suppose it works and is installed correctly. The problem is with security. I could not get this to comiple unless I switched to supervisor rights. Also, the compiled program would not execute unless I had su rights. I tried what you suggested in the dox with 'chmod u+s testvga' but this only changed the permissions from -rwzr-xr-x to -rwsr-xr-x when listing the directory. The program would not run. Also, what I want to do with this is give my AP Computer Science students a graphics library to play with (we're using g++ primarily), so giving them su rights is not a good idea! Please help, A. Jorge Garcia calcpage@aol.com http://members.aol.com/calcpage/ The Calculus & Computer Science Archive Project! Applied Math & CS Baldwin SHS & Nassau CC POB 263 Coram, NY 11727 - 0263 USA fax: 516.377.9208 ftp://members.aol.com/cistheta
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