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[Neo Sze Wee <neoszewee AT gmx.net>]

On Sat, Jun 07, 2003 at 02:52:56PM -0400, keesan2 AT cyberspace.org wrote:
> 
> This is from Neo Sze Wee's Syschk report:
> 
> 
> > VIDEO--------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >                         Active Video: VESA VGA (Version 1.1)
> >                          BIOS Source: WESTERN DIGITAL INC.             
> >                          VESA OEM ID: Western Digital Inc
> >                          VGA ChipSet: Paradise WD90c31
> >                 Max Video Resolution: 1280 x 1024 with 16 colors
> >                     Max Video Colors: 256 (1024 x 768)
> >                         Video Memory: 1024 KB
> 
> I looked in the svgalib manual for Paradise and Western Digital and this
> chip is not listed in the list of supported chips, which explains why it
> is not working properly with Links 2.1.9 in graphical console mode.
> 
> They list S3, ATI, Oak, Trident, Tseng and a few other more common chips.
> People had to write individual drivers for each chip and nobody wrote one
> for this chip.  
> 
> Does your chip work with Xvga16?  I have a Linux book that lists chips

Yes. And also Xsvga but very slow.

> supported by X, including Western Digital WD90C31.  This is supposed to
> work in 256 color mode.  Try XSVGA.tgz if you want more than 16 colors,
> and forget about running programs that require svgalib, which does not
> support as many chips as the X servers.  
> 
> My Vesa 1.1 Realtek RTG3106, which also scrambles the screen, is also
> listed for use with X but not for svgalib. 
> 
> 
> I have no idea why pdftotext for DOS won't work for you.

It should be because I have no math coprocessor. I have downloaded an
emulator and will try out soon.

> 
> I am still waiting for Doug to get back with me about the pdfimages
> program and what to do with the working versions of pdftotext and pdftops.
> I think I am missing one man page that ought to be included.  He is busy

Man page can also be searched. In google, search "pdftotext manual" or
"manual pdftotext".

> with other things.
> 
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