svgalib and ATI Rage 128
Hi!
I have so far been experiencing erratic svgalib behaviour.
Basically, if I call something like zgv, I get the following message:
c172d
Int 0x10 is not in rom (0000:0000)
No VESA bios detected!
Try running vga_reset.
and zgv (or whatever) runs in VGA mode, instead of SVGA mode.
So I tried downloading the latest svgalib available, and
compiled it. This comes with a little program called vgatest which tests
your card + monitor. I used it, and again, I get the above message,
which allows me to choose only from the VGA modes. However, if I change
my /etc/vga/libvga.config and add
chipset VESA
to it, new modes spring up (a couple of screenfuls), and I can test them
fine. The only problem comes when I go back to the console: the monitor
starts flickering and I can't use either the console or X.
I have had some trouble with setting up X (it won't go above
800x600, and I have the right timings, the thing is, fonts look
arbitrarily bad at higher resolutions, eg 1024x768: in some windows
they look good, in some they don't). I'm quite happy with 800x600, but I
can't even get that with svgalib.
Does anyone have any clues?
Thanks
José
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José L Gómez Dans PhD student
Radar & Communications Group
Department of Electronic Engineering
University of Sheffield UK
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