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Re: [BL] Xvesa and SVGAlib - which cards work best

From: 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org
To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [BL] Xvesa and SVGAlib - which cards work best
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2004 08:13:03 +1200

Knut Backe wrote:
>
> Xvesa requires a vesa 2.0 compliant card

That is not correct. THe Xvesa in BL3 works with
earlier versions, too. For example, it works on
my S3 Trio64V+, which is vesa 1.2.

> Cards that doesn't support vesa 2.0 should only
> support standard vga, i.e. 640x480 at 16 colours.

When I do the following on my Trio64V+
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Xvesa -listmodes
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it says "VBE version 1.2" and lists 17 resolutions
ranging from 320x200 to 1280x1024.

Cheers,
Steven

[BL] Xvesa and SVGAlib - which cards work best, keesan, 03/19/2004
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- [BL] Xvesa and SVGAlib - which cards work best, Knut Backe, 03/20/2004
  - Re: [BL] Xvesa and SVGAlib - which cards work best, Ken Martwick, 03/20/2004
    - Re: [BL] Xvesa and SVGAlib - which cards work best, Sindi Keesan, 03/20/2004
  - Re: [BL] Xvesa and SVGAlib - which cards work best, 3aoo-cvfd, 03/20/2004
  - Re: [BL] Xvesa and SVGAlib - which cards work best, Sindi Keesan, 03/20/2004