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

> >
> > Can you just edit it manually and if so would you mind putting in the
> > proper line needed for PS/2 and 3button with # in front of it?  xf86config
> > is one of the most confusing programs I have ever run, and I kept having
> > to start over and kept making different mistakes each time.
>
> You can also use the alternate configuration system, which is in xset.tgz
> of Slackware.

I have not tried this one, thanks for mentioning it.
>
> It's not hard to add more modes. Search for 'Subsection "Display"' in
> XF86Config. You should see several sections, one for each color depth.
> Something like:
>
>     Subsection "Display"
>         Depth 8
>         Modes "800x600" "640x480"
>     EndSubsection
>
> You can add "1024x768" after Modes and before 800x... of line 3.

Don't you also need modelines for 1024?
> > I was afraid of this - so you cannot just choose some low-end setting that
> > would work for all cards.
> >
> > > xf86config is the appropriate tool for that job.

I will see if the modelines settings change when I change video cards.


> > >
> > > A full Xserver will let you change resolution on the
> > > fly (by pressing CTRL-ALT-+) or use the screen as a
> > > moveable window on a much larger virtual screen.
> >
> > Xvesa did not seem to do this.  Do I start at the highest resolution and
> > then press the keys?
>
> Yes. Remember that Modes "800x600" "640x480" line from above? If both modes
> work, then 800x600 will be the default, but Ctrl-Alt-+ will select 640x480.


In order to view things at higher magnification, I think I would also want
to start with a virtual screen (say 1600, of which I could view only 1024)
and scroll around in it.  If I set up with 1600 etc., is there some way to
specify 1024 as the first resolution and then change to 1600 with
Ctrl-Alt-minus?  I am looking for a way to actually read pdf files with
ghostscript in X, because it would not compile for svgalib.


I am not quite sure what I am talking about - is a virtual screen the way
to be able to magnify a file?  Maybe a virtual screen of more than 1600?

>
> > > > This server is, unfortunately, nearly 4 times the size
> > > > of Xvesa, even without including fonts
> > >
> > > the extra fonts are less than 10kb.
> > The server is the problem, not the fonts.
>
> I will probably prefer KDrive for now, based on the filesize.
Kdrive being xfbdev?  It won't do 8-bit color.

> > Does it take a lot of extra bytes to get 8-bit color and not to get
> > interference from config.sys?
>
> Not sure. When you get a working MPlayer, you can try the MPlayer vesa,
> see if it works any better than Xvesa with those things.

I thought Mplayer VESA needed VESA 2.0, and my VESA 2.0 cards work in
16-bit color. It is the older cards that are not usable with Xvesa and
links2 or abiword, which need 8-bit or more.