Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 14:45:33 +0100 From: Arthur Chance <freebsd@qeng-ho.org> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>, "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions !!!! <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: seejpeg question .... Message-ID: <543D28FD.5070306@qeng-ho.org> In-Reply-To: <20141014153228.c78b356e.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <543D1E72.6050105@hiwaay.net> <20141014153228.c78b356e.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On 14/10/2014 14:32, Polytropon wrote: > On Tue, 14 Oct 2014 08:00:34 -0500, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: >> [wam@kabini1, ~, 7:53:53am] 530 % seejpeg Desktop/raspberry-pi-netbsd.jpg >> You must be the owner of the current console to use svgalib. >> Not running in a graphics capable console, >> and unable to find one. >> svgalib: ark: Assuming normal VGA DAC. >> You must be the owner of the current console to use svgalib. >> Not running in a graphics capable console, >> and unable to find one. >> svgalib: can't open /dev/console >> [wam@kabini1, ~, 7:54:06am] 531 % uname -a >> FreeBSD kabini1.local 9.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 9.3-RELEASE #0 r268512: Thu >> Jul 10 23:44:39 UTC 2014 >> root@snap.freebsd.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 >> [wam@kabini1, ~, 7:58:32am] 532 % >> >> >> Obviously a nogo. It wasn't installed as an option under XFCE to view >> that file when I double-clicked on it ... What do I need to do to get >> this program to work for me, either under XFCE or from CLI (tcsh under >> rxvt from XFCE) ? > > Several things: > > First, this program is using svgalib, which means it allows > graphics display without X, or to say it in a different way: > This is an image viewer for the console. But svgalib isn't > fully supported on FreeBSD. This program is _not_ an X program. > It won't work the way you assume. > > Second: If you use XFCE (all capitals), one might get the > impression that you're refering to the CDE-lookalike XFCE 3. > The new Xfce desktop (version 4) uses a capital X, and then > just fce in lowercase. :-) > > If you're searching for a simple image viewer, try xzgv. You > can use it as a standalone program or call it from a desktop > association (i. e., for supported image file formats). You > could also try xv (very popular) and "display" (part of the > ImageMagic port). But with Xfce, you already probably have > half of Gnome installed, so you could also check out eog. ;-) Or you could use the Xfce image viewer ristretto. It works well enough for my uses. The Xfce goodies web site describes it as "a fast and lightweight picture-viewer for the Xfce desktop environment". > > Personally, I like xzgv, and I have it associated with image > types to "start" them from within the Midnight Commander (just > press ENTER on an image, and it will be displayed, scaled to > the window size properly). > > Example: interactively browse a directory in fullscreen: > > % xzgv -tzf ~/cam/2014-10-01/ > > Only show one image: > > % xzgv -z /tmp/someimage.jpg > > Browse specified images: > > % xzgv -tz /scratch/test/bla*jpg my_*_nose.png bla.gif > > This viewer has nice keyboard and mouse support, its older > versions (last usable version: 0.8_9) can also dynamically > adjust brightness, contrast and other image properties. It > can rotate and zoom. It also supports thumbnails. See if you > like it. Just a suggestion. > > >
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