Hi,

after having searched google and nothing appropriate found I post the
things here. My old fpc 0.99.14 rejected to link programs using the
graph unit:

Free Pascal Compiler version 0.99.14 [2000/01/27] for i386
Copyright (c) 1993-2000 by Florian Klaempfl
Target OS: Linux for i386
Compiling trect.pas
Assembling trect
Linking trect
/usr/lib/fpc/0.99.14/units/linux/rtl/cprt0.o: In function `_start':
/usr/lib/fpc/0.99.14/units/linux/rtl/cprt0.o(.text+0x28): undefined
reference to `__libc_init'
/usr/lib/fpc/0.99.14/units/linux/rtl/cprt0.o(.text+0x35): undefined
reference to `__setfpucw'
Warning: Error while linking
Closing script ppas.sh
16 Lines compiled, 1.0 sec

So I decided to upgrade to 1.0.4 prior to report a possibly obsolete
bug. The upgrade told me weird things:

/usr/lib/fpc/1.0.4/samplecfg: [: ==: binary operator expected
Write permission in /etc.
/usr/lib/fpc/1.0.4/samplecfg: [: ==: binary operator expected
Could not save old config. Bailing out...

Nevertheless the prog I reduced the original one to now linked
successfully. The prog produced the following messages:

c0c60
Int 0x10 is not in rom(0115:0114)
No Vesa Bios detected
Try running vga_reset
Using VGA driver

359x479

I had to hit the Enter key twice! in order to terminate the prog. The
resolution is by far poorer than expected.

Any ideas? What did/do I wrong? The machine is a PIII with Matrox G100
running (upgraded) RH6.2 (and an old P166 box which shows the same
0.99.14 effect)

Program source:

program trect;

uses graph;

var gd, gm, width, height: integer;

begin
  gd := detect;
  InitGraph( gd, gm, '' );
  width := getmaxx;
  height := getmaxy;
  rectangle( width div 4, height div 4, (width*3)div 4, (height*3)div 4
);
  readln;
  closegraph;
  writeln;
  writeln( width,'x',height );
end.

TIA
Herbert

Well since I'm a libvga newbie I was not aware of the fact that the
autodetection was switched off in my libvga.config. Now that I've
activated Chipset VESA the program shows me it has found 1280x1024.
Weirdly the rectangle is drawn blue instead of white. I think I need
some stuff to read.

Herbert

This problem is resolved due to friendly fpc people.

This one is still lingering around ..

Herbert