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[Samual Acorn <sam_acorn AT yahoo.com>]

humor me this then;

in dos : format a:/s (need blank floppy)

then boot from that floppy
once booted type ;

c:
cd \windows\command
mem

should look like your high memory is completely full
if it does -then- boot basic linux and try startx

may not work but humor me



--- Robert Steinmetz <rob AT steinmetznet.com> wrote:
> Samual Acorn wrote:
> 
> >i got the same problem.
> >make sure EMM386 isnt loading, that was the cause
> for
> >me, but its best to boot DOS with nothing. (no
> >config.sys or autoexec.bat
> >  
> >
> That doesn't seem to solve the problem in this case.
> I am booting 
> Windows 98 into Safe Mode, Command Prompt only.
> Are you getting the Segmentation Faults?
> 
> >i have no idea where the Xvesa program came from
> >or what version it is
> >  
> >
> Thanks.
> 
> >--- Robert Steinmetz <rob AT steinmetznet.com> wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>I am attempting to get BL3 to run on an AST
> Ascentia
> >>950N notebook. 
> >>Every time I starts or Run Xvesa I get a
> >>segmentation violation.
> >>
> >>Here are results of some tests;
> >>
> >>startx
> >>results in a black screen and the following
> errors;
> >>
> >>_X11TransSocketINETConnect: Can't connect: errorno
> =
> >>111
> >><repeat 18 times>
> >>MENU: cannot open display
> >>swm: cannot open display , giving up
> >>
> >>Xvesa -list modes
> >>
> >>VBE version 1.2 (Cirrus Logic GD-7543 VGA)
> >>DAC is switchable, controller is VGA compatible
> >>Total memory: 960 kilobytes
> >>
> >>Xvesa -verbose
> >>
> >>Results in a black Screen and the following output
> >>
> >>Mode Requested 640x480x4
> >>   0x00012: 640x480x4 Planar (4 planes) (no linear
> >>frame buffer)
> >>   Static Color bpp 4 depth 4
> >>Mode Selected 640x480x4
> >>Previous modes: VBE 0x3 BIOS 0x3
> >>Enable Bios mode 0x12
> >>Segmentation Fault.
> >>
> >>Can someone tell me what version of Xvesa is in
> BL3,
> >>and where it came from?
> >>
> >>-- 
> >>Robert Steinmetz
> >>Principal
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> >>
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