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Re: Executor and Matrox MGA Millenium
I use Matrox millenium 4mbWram under linux (Xaccel server) and ran
executor in it several times. Though I dont have/use dos, so I cant
check that, executor dodn't show anything peculiar under matrox mil.
Pierre (dherin@lovelace.infobiogen.fr) wrote:
: Here is some of my problems running Executor with the video card Matrox
: MGA Millenium. I have posted this before at questions@ardi.com and I post
: this here if anybody could help or have experience with it.
: Under Windows 3.x (with QEMM 7.5), there is a random chance of success
: for Executor to be launched properly, depending on the applications
: running, before, or during the time executor is working. I have seen a
: lot of fantaisist behaviour of the video once Executor is launched.
: OK I have test several things to run executor without QEMM 7.5, the
: program works fine under Windows 3.x, and it is launched properly every
: time. But, but, the video problems still persist when you try to scroll
: with the Alt-Tab or the Ctrl-Esc keys between different applications.
: These tests have been performed with executor in 256 colors mode in
: 640x480 resolution, Windows using Matrox video drivers in 256 or 16M
: colors in 800x600 resolution. Another problem I would submit to you is
: that executor launched under dos with the -size 800x600 arg with only 2
: TSR loaded (HIMEM and MOUSE) crashes systematically giving the following
: message:
: "General Protection Fault at eip=00af104
: eax=ffffffff ebx=00295ffc ecx=fc5f2900 edx=001b8a1e esi=ffffffff
: edi=fc5f2900
: ebp=0020e87c esp=0020e870 cs=00a7 ds00af es=00af fs=008f gs=00cf ss=00af
: Call frame traceback EIPs:
: 0x000af104
: 0x000af237
: 0x00079e10
: 0x00079c40
: 0x000adddb
: 0x0016e561"
: Other resolutions 640x480,1024x768, etc are working fine. The same thing
: was done under Windows with sames arguments, and there is only video
: problems with the mouse cursor..
: cwsdpmi does not change anything of the symptoms described above,
: although, I wonder if Windows does (or not) provide a DPMI support?
: Pierre D'HERIN-
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