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["David Moberg" <davidjmoberg AT lycos.com>]

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From: "sindi keesan" <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>

> Could I add to .xinitrc as first line 'resizecons 80x25'?  My only 
> serious problem with Xvesa other than on one laptop is that it 
> messes up my console when it exits.
                            ^^^^^^^^
Xinitrc is executed when X starts up. How would that help?
 
> With Xsvga or just framebuffer?

Probably framebuffer. I have no experience with Xsvga.

> One of the mice works fine on one computer with Xvesa, on another 
> computer it keeps Xvesa from loading (seg fault) and on a third 
> Xvesa loads but the cursor will not move.   The Microsoft 
> Mouseport-Compatible one lets me load Xvesa and move the cursor but 
> it scoots to the right edge of the screen and stays there.  I will 
> not use those mice, or the one that won't work at all (cursor won't 
> move) in svgalib.  Or the Logitech Mouseman unless I want to 
> compile another kernel.  Low-tech solution - change mice.
> All these mice worked with gpm.  The wheel mouse worked in svgalib 
> with imps/2 and in Xvesa with psaux.

Are these all serial mice? If not, how are the ones that crash hooked
up?

> Our 2MB Virge, Trio64D and Cirrus cards do 1600 at 256 colors in 
> Xvesa or in DOS.  1280 works at most websites.

It probably would work with VesaFb. I don't know that for sure, but the
math checks out.

David
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