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

On Tue, 9 Aug 2005, James Miller wrote:

> On Tue, 9 Aug 2005, sindi keesan wrote:
>
> > Thanks.  I will try zgv in workspace 1 and xdosemu/WP51 in 2.  Or maybe in
> > two windows in one workspace if I can figure out how to make one 80
> > columns.
>
> I haven't been following this thread very closely, but I'm under the
> impression that part of it concerns problems with dosemu display on a vt.
> Is that correct? I just wanted to point out that xdosemu can be toggled to
> full screen by some key or key sequence--forgot which key(s). If this is
> relevant, or hasn't already been discussed, would it help the display
> problems? My experimentation with this dosemu feature concerned version
> 1.2.1.

I was able to toggle dosemu in X using the mouse.
Alt-tab switches focus from rxvt to dosemu window.
I need to add the icewm menu in order to get another rxvt or another 
workspace.  Installpkg bl2-x.tgz.  (I set up BL2 with Xvesa and only the 
files needed for it).  Delete the unwanted skins to save 50K or so.

My biggest problem was that WP51 omitted part of the letters as I typed 
them in CLI mode.  I just installed it to a different computer with Tseng 
instead of Matrox video and it is working properly there (also 
dual-monitor, TTL works here as does VGA.  But Alt-F1 is a WP command so I 
would need to set linux up with no vts and use 'screen' instead for 10 
pseudo-vts.  Also the bold works but underline does not in mda mode of 
linux.  In X, I can set it up by choosing the right fond for either bold 
or underline (not both).  Or small caps, etc.

My current science translation does not require underlines and I will 
attempt it without X, using dosemu for wp and zgv for displaying the 
images I am translating from, on the dual-monitor system.  I have to 
toggle between vts because I cannot display both text and graphics at the 
same time on two monitors, only text or only graphics (but both monitors 
can display text at the same time).

I now, using [ ] to change resolution, have zgv displaying at what looks 
like 320, 640 (default), 800, and 1024 but not 1280 and I know this card 
and monitor do 1280 in svgalib.

With dosemu running I tried to exit X with Ctrl-Alt-Backspace and I now 
have a turquoise screen with green stripe at the top and cannot use either 
of my two VGA vts.  ps shows that X is not running.  Reboot linux?  Is 
there a better fix for getting back VGA?

It won't reboot either.  Power switch still works.
Check forced....  It took a while to even start checking.


> James

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