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On Sat, Jun 07, 2003 at 02:39:07PM -0400, keesan2 AT cyberspace.org wrote:
> > > > 1.) Why links2 does not work under svgalib.
> 
> > > I get a blank screen with a very large arrow.  
> > 
> > So do I but the screen is a bit scrambled and the computer hanged.
> 
> 
> > > What specifically is not working for you?  What happens when you try to
> > > use Links 2?
> > 
> > Is it because I do not have a video card?
> 
> An onboard video chip should work as well as a video card.  Syschk says
> your chip is Vesa 1.1 compatible. 
> 
> I don't know if svgalib requires that the video chip be Vesa 1.2
> compatible.  Read the documentation for svgalib.  I have had scrambled
> screens (pieces of the screen in the wrong place) with cards that were
> Vesa 1.1 compatible when the program require Vesa 1.2.  Can you disable
> onboard video and add a video card which is Vesa 1.2 compatible? 

I do have another 16M RAM computer and a 8M RAM. If I can get this
computer to work it will good as I have been using it for sometimes.

> If you cannot, you may not be able to run programs that need svgalib.

Then that will be it, I cannot run these programs with svgalib. It is
good to know and I have tried.

>  
> > > > 2.) Why ptftotext for dos failed to work in dos.
> > > 
> > > I have written Doug Kaufman (who compiled pdftotext for DOS and Linux)
> > > with your error message from the DOS pdftotext asking him for ideas.  I
> > > told him you have a math coprocessor.
> > 
> > No, I do not, as information from syschk showed.
> 
> In the SYSCHK report which you posted there is a line near the beginning
> that says 
> 
> Coprocessor:  Internal 
> 
> In the IRQ list a few pages down there is a line:
> 
> IRQ13 = Internal (Math Coprocessor)

I see.

> 
> I think this means that you have an internal math coprocessor which is
> using IRQ13.
> 

It does not help in this case.

>   
> > > > 3.) Will Xvesa work for my system?
> > > 
> > > You appear to have VESA 1.1, which will not work with Xvesa since Xvesa
> > > needs VESA 2.0.  Does whatvga2 also tell you that you have VESA 1.1?
> > 
> > Yes. 
> 
> There is a manual page for svgalib (in man7) which lists the supported
> chipsets.  Try to find your chipset in that manual page.
> 
> For instance it says it works with Trident TVGA 8900C and possibly A and
> B.  I have plain 8900 and it works with that too, but my 8900 is one of
> those rare ones that is Vesa 1.2 compatible so it may be using the Vesa
> not the Trident driver.  
> 
> It works with most Oak and Tseng and S3 chips, etc.  
> 
> There are a set of test programs that you can use to make sure svga is
> working with your computer.  Most of them crashed my computer.
> 
> I think you are trying to accomplish something impossible by using your
> particular computer with Linux, since it has 4M RAM and an uncommon video
> chip.  But this is a good way to learn something.
> 
> > > 
> > >  
> > > > ############################################################################
> > > >            Advanced Personal Systems  SYSCHK Information Printout
> > > >               Saturday, May 31, 2003  Version: 2.45
> > > >                           -----------------------
> > > >                            * Unregistered Copy *
> > > >                           -----------------------
> > > > PROCESSOR----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > >                                Model: AT clone
> > > >                            Processor: Intel i486DX or i487SX-25
> > > >                          Coprocessor: Internal
> > > 
> 
> 
> 
> > > You do have a math coprocessor.
> 
> 
> 
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