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[Lee Forrest <lforrestster AT gmail.com>]

On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 02:14:37AM -0600, James Miller wrote:

> On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 10:35:38PM +0000, Lee Forrest wrote:
>
> > I can make it fit the screen by changing the geometry, but it
> > isn't usable with that huge font.
> >
> > The font is set in ~/.Xdefaults at: rxvt*font: 6X9
> >
> > I'd really like 16 bit, so if there is anyway to make this
> > work, it would be great.
>
> I don't know how much this would help at that kind of
> resolution, but there is such a thing as a 5x7 fixed font.
> Not sure if there's anything smaller than that. Looks to me
> like you may be reaching the end of the line with Xvesa's
> capabilites and may need to install a more full-fledged X to
> get your video more useable.

I tried the 5X7 with 320x200x16 and still get the same mess. Worth a shot,
though.

David M. has located a tiny xserver (XFree86 - 800K; the
statically-linked Xvesa for Bl3 is 856K) adapted specifically
to the i810 chipset, so I'll be giving that a try.

Will post the link after I've tested it.

Lee

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