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- From: ctne_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Chris Newbold)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: init-ing Diamond stealth clocks
- Message-ID: <1992Dec15.152117.22695@galileo.cc.rochester.edu>
- Date: 15 Dec 92 15:21:17 GMT
- References: <Bz9nu9.134@rshark.mixcom.com>
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- In <Bz9nu9.134@rshark.mixcom.com> root@rshark.mixcom.com (Brian Kapitan) writes:
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- >i've seen quite a number of posts on init-ing the stealth clocks
- >to 1024x768x256 mode....
-
- >the easiest way is a simple little kernel patch to setup.S...and then
- >recompile the kernel and you're in business. works great for me, AND
- >i don't have to run DOS!
-
- >just toss the follwing in (a few preceeding lines have been included
- >so you know where to toss them in):
-
- Thanks! I suggested this idea a couple of days ago, but I didn't
- know what the VESA BIOS calls to set an extended mode were...
-
- -Chris
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- >>>> Chris Newbold <<<< * "If you fool around with a thing for very long you *
- University of Rochester * will screw it up." *
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