OpenBSD support

SDL Development
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Hello all,

I was wondering if anyone has had luck getting SDL to
work under OpenBSD with some kind of non-X backend.
I’m working on a project in which OpenBSD’s security
is considered a Good Thing.

Thanks,
~ Paul

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work under OpenBSD with some kind of non-X backend.
I’m working on a project in which OpenBSD’s security
is considered a Good Thing.

Have you considered using SVGA or AALIB? What exactly are you looking
for here?

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— “Juan D. Espinoza” wrote:

work under OpenBSD with some kind of non-X
backend.
I’m working on a project in which OpenBSD’s
security
is considered a Good Thing.

Have you considered using SVGA or AALIB? What
exactly are you looking
for here?

I have considered nothing. =) I have an embedded
application I’m writing that utilizes ParaGUI (which
utilizes SDL). I’d like to use OpenBSD, due to the
extensive security audits. SDL is known to work with
X on OpenBSD, however I don’t have the hardware budget
to work with X in the embedded environment.
Therefore, I need a SVGALIB-like backend.

I know there’s a FreeBSD port of SVGALib, and a few
murmurings a few years agou about it for OpenBSD, but
I thought I’d ask here if there were any other
backends under OpenBSD with which SDL is known to
work.

AALib will probably not suit my application – my
clients want graphics, moving away from text screens.

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Paul Williams wrote:

I have considered nothing. =) I have an embedded
application I’m writing that utilizes ParaGUI (which
utilizes SDL). I’d like to use OpenBSD, due to the
extensive security audits. SDL is known to work with
X on OpenBSD, however I don’t have the hardware budget
to work with X in the embedded environment.
Therefore, I need a SVGALIB-like backend.

I know there’s a FreeBSD port of SVGALib, and a few
murmurings a few years agou about it for OpenBSD, but
I thought I’d ask here if there were any other
backends under OpenBSD with which SDL is known to
work.

AALib will probably not suit my application – my
clients want graphics, moving away from text screens.

Maybe you could try ggi ?
AFAIK, there’s no svgalib or framebuffer under OpenBSD.

Stephane