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

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

> > You can add "1024x768" after Modes and before 800x... of line 3.
> 
> Don't you also need modelines for 1024?

XF86Config *should* have automatically added modelines for the common
resolutions. Is there one there for 1024? You may need to actually run
XF86Config or the thing from xset.tgz.

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

They shouldn't. Modelines are based on the geometry of the monitor, and
most modern video cards will support all of the defaults. Most monitors
will also handle the defaults.

> 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 think this:

Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "1600x1200"

Or would you prefer to have 1600x1200 as the second option, instead of
800x600?

This will only work if your monitor/graphics card combination can actually
handle 1600x1200. There is another option which allows you to have a window
of 1024x768 on a 1600x1200 desktop, but you can't change to 1600x1200. I'll
look it up if you'd like.

> I am looking for a way to actually read pdf files with
> ghostscript in X, because it would not compile for svgalib.

Why didn't it? Did configure not find 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?

I offered some other magnification options earlier. This operates on the
whole screen at once, instead of just part of it.

> > I will probably prefer KDrive for now, based on the filesize.
> Kdrive being xfbdev?  It won't do 8-bit color.

Xfbdev or Xvesa. I use 16-bit or higher, ordinarily.

> > > 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,

That is correct.

> and my VESA 2.0 cards work in 16-bit color.

Oh. I misunderstood, I see.

> It is the older cards that are not usable with Xvesa and
> links2 or abiword, which need 8-bit or more.

So full-sized X is probably necessary for those. The extra
bytes are likely taken by the calls necessary to do VESA
1.2, which is much more primitive than VESA 2.0

David
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