NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #26/NN_1992_26.iso/spool/comp/os/linux/16227

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From: [e-mail] (Bernd Hofmann)
Subject: Xconfig and ET4000: Why such problems ?
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Organization: University of Kaiserslautern (Germany)
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 09:32:00 GMT
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I've got a simple but (for me) important question:
I 've installed OS/2 2.0 and LINUX on my 486. OS/2 2.0
work fine with 1024x768 interlaced and non-interlaced.
I use the ET4000 driver from an OS/2-ftp-archive.
But ... LINUX (as a synonym for Xwindows under LINUX)
work only at 800x600. clock.exe don't work, but dmode.exe
tells me that I use 1024x768NI with 62MHz.
Now my question:
OS/2 2.0 use a file called svgadata.pmi, is it possible
to examine this file to recover the settings for LINUX-Xconfig ?
Why it's not possible to get LINUX with a standard ET4000
driver, with standard 1024x768 mode like the driver for OS/2 ?

A great compliment for LINUX, easy to install, easy to use !

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| Bernd Hofmann                                         |
| University of Kaiserslautern , Germany                |
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