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Some Time Ago, On Fri, 29 Sep 1995, Jeff Halverson wrote:
> Date: Fri, 29 Sep 1995 08:41:18 -0500 (CDT)
> From: Jeff Halverson <jeff@umn.edu>
> To: zinc <zinc@zifi.genetics.utah.edu>
> Cc: executor@nacm.com
> Subject: Re: linux - SVGA & 1.99p
>
> Then later, I realized that you can use the following line in
> /etc/vga/libvga.config to fix this problem without the above mentioned
> hassel:
>
> ramdac att20c498
>
> Things work fine now--- I don't think I actually have this ramdac in the
> STB Powergraph (i found no mention of a ramdac in the documentation for
> the board), but it appears to be close enough, and works charms!
howdy folks,
i just spent the last 1.5 hrs playing with svgalib 1.2.8 and
executor-svga. i'm running linux 1.2.11, STB Powergraph 64 card w/
2MB.
the new svgalib builds with ease for ELF i should mention.
unfortunately, i'm not so sure i'll use this lib version. it's a pain
to have to have X running at the same time.
the problem: after running executor-svga the display is screwed up
(unusable).
one solution: run executor-svga after starting an X session and moving
back to the console. after exiting executor-svga the console display
will be ruined. switch to X and then back to the console and things
will be fine.
old solution: include the ramdac line in your /etc/vga/libvga.config
file. this only works for the supported cards (not the trio_64
evidently). although the display is fine after exiting executor-svga
if this line is included, executor-svga does not display properly so
it sort of defeats the point.
so, it seems that those of us unfortunate enought to have this card
are out of luck. i'd be interested in anyone's opinion of this card
in any event. is it good? it works nicely for X and DOOM but perhaps
it's not the best card for linux?
patrick finerty = zinc@zifi.genetics.utah.edu = pfinerty@nyx.cs.du.edu
U of Utah biochem grad student in the Bass lab - zinc fingers + dsRNA!
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