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  • From: Lee Forrest <lforrestster AT gmail.com>
  • To: BasicLinux List <baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [BL] Xvesa Xli Images
  • Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2007 16:15:00 +0000

On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 11:42:07PM +0000, sindi keesan wrote:

> On Sun, 7 Jan 2007, Lee Forrest wrote:
>
> > On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 09:02:49AM +1300,
> > 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:
> >
> >> Lee Forrest wrote:
> >>
> >>> VBE version 3.0 (Intel(R) 8xx Chipset Video BIOS) Total
> >>> memory: 512 kilobytes
> >>
> >> There is your problem. Can you up that in your BIOS config?
> >
> > No.
>
> Look again in setup, it may be under 'advanced' or something. I
> can check on our computers if you don't find the 1MB option.

I did look under 'advanced', and everywhere else. There is no
option relating to this issue.

The string '512' appears nowhere.

> > But why is it a problem? This same image I've been using
> > looks real with debian.
>
> Debian and Windows must have some way around this memory
> limitation. Read up on i810 video.
>
> > What's missing now is not really color. It's close to being
> > acceptable. It's detail - resolution (I'm trying to be
> > careful with the words I use here, because I don't know the
> > proper jargon for discussing these things).
>
> Resolution. You want at least 800x600 with more than 4 colors,
> meaning you need more video RAM.

If you read my other posts today on this subject, you'll see I
have gotten remarkably close. The problem seems to be in the
conversion process from jpeg to bmp at this point.

Lee

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