Hi, I am trying to use svgalib to put pixels in the screen. This is what I am trying to do #include int main() { vga_init() vga_getdisplaymode(); vga_setModeX(); // rest of the code I don''t get exactly in what order should it be put. set_color(whatever parameter); // I hope someone can help out here. } Ok it goes into VGA mode using VGA driver but doesn''t do anything. Can''t put the code here coz am on windows. Also does anyone know how to compile and link SDL programs in command line ? It gives an error saying libsdl.la not found when I do c++ filename.cc -llibsdl.la SDL doc says the libraries get loaded dynamically but they don''t. Hope someone has worked with SDL here. Newbie here with linux game programming so I thank you all for your patience.

For the SDL part try this:

[your compiler here] filename.cc `sdl-config --cflags --libs`

Be sure you use the ` (beneath the escape key) instead of the ''.

This will execute a script which provides the correct command line options for the compiler to use SDL.

-pwd

This works for me:
gcc -o sdl_test sdl_test.c -lSDL -I /home/staffan/SDL-1.1.7/include -lpthread

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Pixel ploting in SVGALIB is actually really easy. Your start is good as far as setting the screen goes. If you ever programmed in DOS, then you might be familiar with the good old buffers it provided. Of course everything here has a much greater linear apparture (>= 64K accessible at one given time). You can use

graph_mem[X + Y * X_Width] = Color;

to plot your pixel.