speedtest(6)
NAME
speedtest - tests the speed of memory access under svgalib
SYNOPSIS
speedtest
DESCRIPTION
Video memory speed tester. Selects the given mode and
makes linear screen accesses. Prints the overall run time
of the test and deduces the speed with which the CPU can
transfer data to the cards memory.
The demo gives a list of modes supported and prompts your
for an integer indentifying the mode to test.
This demo is part of svgalib and can be found in the
demos/ subdirectory of the original svgalib distribution.
However, it is not installed in the system by default,
s.t. it is unclear where you can find it if your svgalib
was installed by some linux distribution. Even then, when
you have the demo on your system, you probably won't have
the sources s.t. it is only of limited use for you.
In case of any such problem, simply get an svgalib distri
bution from the net. You even don't need to install it.
Just make in the demos/ subdirecty. As of this writing,
svgalib-1.2.12.tar.gz is the latest version and can be
retrieved by ftp from sunsite.unc.edu at
/pub/Linux/libs/graphics and tsx-11.mit.edu at
/pub/linux/sources/libs which will most probably be mir
rored by a site close to you.
SEE ALSO
svgalib(7), vgagl(7), libvga.config(5), threed(6),
accel(6), bg_test(6), eventtest(6), forktest(6), fun(6),
keytest(6), mousetest(6), scrolltest(6), spin(6), testac
cel(6), testgl(6), testlinear(6), vgatest(6), plane(6),
wrapdemo(6)
AUTHOR
This manual page was edited by Michael Weller <eowmob@expmath.uni-essen.de>. The exact source of the referenced
demo as well as of the original documentation is unknown.
It is very likely that both are at least to some extent
are due to Harm Hanemaayer <H.Hanemaayer@inter.nl.net>.
- Occasionally this might be wrong. I hereby asked to be
excused by the original author and will happily accept any
additions or corrections to this first version of the
svgalib manual.