Re: Porting GTK, requirements

[Chris Wareham <chris wareham iosystems co uk>]

Phil Krylov wrote:

> Hello, Owen.
>
> 23 октября 2002 г., 20:12:36 you wrote:
>
>
> OT> Sven Neumann  writes:
>
>
> >>Hi,
> >>
> >>Owen Taylor  writes:
> >>
> >>
> >>>There are two sets of framebuffer code ... the linux-fb code
> >>>in in the GTK+ distribution and the directfb port of GTK+
> >>>(http://www.directfb.org) Both are linux specific; the linux-fb
> >>>code is probably easier to port to a different
> >>>keyboard/pointer/framebuffer API because it is much simpler
> >>>and more self contained.
> >>
> >>DirectFB is no longer Linux-specific and does not even require a frame
> >>buffer device. The latest version has been compiled on FreeBSD and
> >>MacOS X. Other platforms are about to follow.
>
>
> OT> Cool. I did check the web page though before making the above
> OT> statement, so perhaps you need an update :-)
>
> I tried to compile the latest version (0.9.13) in Mac OS X, but 
> configure said:
>
> ...
> checking for linux/fb.h... no
> configure: error:
> *** DirectFB requires Linux with framebuffer support.
FreeBSD support is in the current CVS and upcoming 0.9.14 release.

Chris
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