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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Mon, 2 May 2005 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> sindi keesan wrote:
> > I accidentally used the XVGA X server when I changed
>
> The VGA Xserver works on just about everything, but
> I don't think the SVGA Xserver is that flexible.
I meant the SVGA server and it worked with the VIrge perfectly.

> > from SiS to S3 Virge and it is working just fine.
>
> According to the documentation for the S3V Xserver
> (the one designed for the Virge card), the SVGA
> Xserver also works with this card.
What other cards is it supposed to also work with?

> > I may experiment some time with this - I have lots
> > of video cards.
>
> That could be useful.  Please let us know what you find.
>
> > Could I possibly mess up the software irretrievably
> > if I set up for SVGA server and fed it S3's, Cirrus,
> > ATI, etc.?
>
> No.  Just pkg the new Xserver on top of the old.  The
> installation routine automatically points X at the new
> Xserver.

So if I use SVGA and it does not work I would install something else on 
top of it again?


> > And would this package also work in BL2,
>
> No.  The no-xvesa.tgz package relies on libc5.
> You use it with an Xserver from Slackware 4.0.
Could I substitute for any binaries the ones from 7.1.

If I were not to use xf86config, which you include,  but just the various 
font and config files, would it work in BL2?  I could then change 
XF86Config with a text editor if it worked,, to get higher resolution.

> > I see also a fonts.dir and fonts/misc/cursor.pcf.gz and
> > /fonts/misc/clR6x13.pcf.gz - are these things that Xvesa
> > provides built-in but SVGA server does not?
>
> That's right.  Xvesa has a few small fonts built in.
> None of the standard Xservers have built-in fonts.
>
> > Also what is /X11/rgb.txt?
>
> It's a color-code table.  Xvesa does not need it, but
> standard Xservers do.
>
> > Does the card have to be VESA 1.2 for SVGA X server?
>
> I don't think so.
I will try it specifically on something that is not, such as an old Oak 
or Realtek ISA card (they needed Univesa or the like to work as VESA).

> Cheers,
> Steven
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