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Re: Problems with Exec199h on my Gatewary



>>>>> "Steve" == Steve Henry <smhenry@vt.edu> writes:

    >> From: Taka.Torimoto@oit.gatech.edu

    >> Soemtimes, when I get the "first" menu/requestor, (With options
    >> of System or Utils) the mouse just doesn't move, and at other
    >> times, I can move the mouse but can't click on anything.. well,
    >> there's no response...

    Steve> I quite frequently get the problem of entering executor and
    Steve> I can move the mouse but I cannot select anything on the
    Steve> file system menu (I do get through the title and license
    Steve> screens).  I noticed it happens more frequently when I am
    Steve> loading executor after I had already ran it and exited.

1.99h seems to have serious intermittent mouse button problems.  It
just seems to stop working.  I'm looking into it.

    >> But the one or two times that Executor DID work, the screen
    >> easily got garbled with totally messed up garbage... the mouse
    >> pointer would leave trails for one thing.  This is from running
    >> the demos and such that come with the demo.  As I move the
    >> pointer around, it clears the screen up SOME but not not all...

    Steve> I had this same problem on a PS/2 with XGA2 graphics.

This may be a problem with non-VESA boards.  Do these boards have
VESA-compatible drivers?  What happens on these machines if you say
"-bpp 8" explicitly?

-Mat


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