Jay Estabrook wrote: > > (1) Make sure the rotary switch on the tga2 is set to the video mode > > you intend to run. > > Really? This makes a difference with Xorg? Or with TGA2?
Hmmmm... Ya know, now that you mention it, I don't think it ever occurred to me to try running the card under Linux with the rotary switch set to something other than the video mode I intended to use under X11 :-). I'm sure my thinking was along the lines of "the switch provideth the ultimate guidance as to what video modes are possible and/or supported by the card hardware." At which point, I tried to specify the chosen mode accurately in the xorg.conf file. > TGA2 has a VGA on it (Cirrus CL-GD5429 or similar, for text-mode > console), and I believe SRM console always runs the BIOS for it, so > that it comes up 720x400 at 70Hz, regardless of how the switch is set > on the card (verified on both DS10 and LX164 with the latest SRM > console versions for the respective platform). True enough that the card always comes up with what I assumed was a standard 80x25 text mode screen at boot time, regardless of the switch setting. Given my assumption about that being a text mode, that didn't violate the principle of least astonishment :-). > It's possible that the Xserver under Tru64 would/could utilize the > switch to set its resolution/refresh, but I don't think XFree86/Xorg > TGA support has ever had that capbility. I guess I don't think enough like a hacquer... Never occurred to me that the switch wouldn't have some effect on the available graphics mode for the X server. > I've heard of folks able to use 1600x1200 at 8 bits (though at 60Hz), > since there's 2MB of video memory on an 8-plane card (TGA or TGA2); > I've always been able to use 1280x1024 without problems, although, > as you say, it does depend on the capabilities of the monitor. Yeah, my eyes can't stand the 60 Hz flicker... 70 Hz is pretty much the minimum I can personally tolerate for more than a few minutes. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Bob Tracy WTO + WIPO = DMCA? http://www.anti-dmca.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]