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["mikkel Meinike-Nielsen" <mimeini AT linuxmail.org>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "sindi keesan" <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>
To: davidjmoberg AT gmail.com, baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [BL] X problem (as usual)
Date: Sat, 3 Sep 2005 02:34:05 +0000 (UTC)

Hallow agan
 
> I checked and I also posted info about a 486 25MHz Contura Compaq which I
> had set up with linux, and it was monochrome not color, and it DID work
> with svgalib (in greyscale for zgv).  12MB RAM.  This might be what we are
> talking about here.  So the video chips might be entirely different.  I
> used zgv because xvesa would not work, I think.  I gave someone else the
> computer so I cannot check now.  It was sort of slow in graphical mode but
> not impossibly so, and looked rather nice with zgv's switch for greyscale
> (-grey?).  I forget where I got zgv - and it needed a few more libraries.
> I experimented and found it used much less RAM than X.  I think I posted
> about this too.  But zgv (svgalib) won't work on my newer Compaq 486
> (75MHz).  Black screen, I think it was.

Ok this might be the thing. This description is close to my laptop I only 
have 8 mb ram but anyway.  Is svgalib already in BL3 ore should I get it from 
slackware 4.0 (I see the abiword addon is for svgalib) and then this zgv  I 
don't know where to find that. It would be cool. Than I would be able to run 
links2.  

vga16 I have tried with mulinux, but I think it is to slow, then I rater use 
DOS grafic witch is quit fast and BL3 is so fast booting so switching make no 
big deal. 

Can I make a normal user in BL? it seems adduser won't work.

Thanks for all the comment so fare. This is exiting.
/Mikkel



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