[Xmame] XMESS problems...

2003-06-08 Thread Per Wigren
xmess is working mostly good, but there are a few systems that won't run.. pc-clones: xmess: mess/image.c:634: image_from_devtype_and_index: Assertion `id < device_count(type)' failed. svi-variants: xmess: mess/image.c:482: image_realloc: Assertion `img->status & (IMAGE_STATUS_ISLOADING | IMAGE

Re: [Xmame] video card DVI and linux

2003-06-08 Thread Pete French
> If by "flat screen monitor" you mean "LCD display" then yes, you want DVI or > else there's very little point to having one.* a little harsh - I'vve got a pair of Samsung's here which are being driven in the normal way and they are beautifuly crisp and clear. Plus taking uop way less desk space

[Xmame] [Release] Mamory 0.2.8

2003-06-08 Thread =?iso-8559-1?q?Pierre_Mazi=E8re?=
This seems to become an usual thing: whenever I make a bugfix, it's introducing new bugs... So I fix those and here it is. Changelog : - fix bug in zip files creation which caused synchronization to segfault (thanks to Simon Roby for bug report) - fix a minor bug in split to merge

Re: [Xmame] video card DVI and linux

2003-06-08 Thread smf
> If by "flat screen monitor" you mean "LCD display" then yes, you want DVI or > else there's very little point to having one.* The budget I had for buying a PC at work wouldn't stretch to a card that supported DVI, but I did manage to get a 17" dual input LCD ( which is what put it over budget :-

Re: [Xmame] video card DVI and linux

2003-06-08 Thread C. Ulrich
Pete French wrote: >>If by "flat screen monitor" you mean "LCD display" then yes, you want DVI or >>else there's very little point to having one.* > > > a little harsh - I'vve got a pair of Samsung's here which are being driven > in the normal way and they are beautifuly crisp and clear. Plus tak

Re: [Xmame] video card DVI and linux

2003-06-08 Thread Pete French
> I didn't mean to be harsh, honest. I've just always felt that analog-driven > lcd displays looked inferior even to an equally-sized CRT at the same > resolution. Also, I guess I just don't see why one would have an LCD display > but not want the "pixel-perfect" (one pixel per color triad) image t

Re: [Xmame] video card DVI and linux

2003-06-08 Thread Simon Roby
Pete French wrote: Never used Linux myself. We used to swear by their cards on NeXT operating systems though. Un dder those systems the graphics drivers are in the kernel, thus a VESA 2.0 driver was viable (which it isnt within XFree86 due to it running as a usser process if I am reeading their sit

Re: [Xmame] XMESS problems...

2003-06-08 Thread Per Wigren
Found another one: [EMAIL PROTECTED] temp $ xmess ep128 No cards detected. ALSA sound disabled. info: trying to parse: /usr/share/xmess/xmessrc info: trying to parse: /home/tuxie/.xmess/xmessrc info: trying to parse: /usr/share/xmess/xmess-x11rc info: trying to parse: /home/tuxie/.xmess/xmess-x11r

Re: [Xmame] XMESS problems...

2003-06-08 Thread Stefano Priore
Alle 13:38, domenica 8 giugno 2003, hai scritto: > xmess is working mostly good, but there are a few systems that won't run.. > > pc-clones: > xmess: mess/image.c:634: image_from_devtype_and_index: Assertion `id < > device_count(type)' failed. This can be worked around: these links will explain yo

Re: [Xmame] XMESS problems...

2003-06-08 Thread Stefano Priore
Alle 20:50, domenica 8 giugno 2003, hai scritto: > Found another one: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] temp $ xmess ep128 > No cards detected. > ALSA sound disabled. > info: trying to parse: /usr/share/xmess/xmessrc > info: trying to parse: /home/tuxie/.xmess/xmessrc > info: trying to parse: /usr/share/xmess/

Re: [Xmame] video card DVI and linux

2003-06-08 Thread Pete French
> Somebody correct me if I'm wrong, but AFAIK all modern video cards > support VESA 2.0, since it's the fail-safe mode of operation (ie. > Windows installs require it). I admit that the last time I went video card shopping was a couple of years back. But it was very hard then to find out which c

Re: [Xmame] video card DVI and linux

2003-06-08 Thread Simon Roby
Pete French wrote: From the XFree86 FAQ: Q.F15- Why don't you just make a VESA 2.0 driver so that all compliant cards will work? All of the essential functions that would be needed to support an X server can only be used while in the processor's real-mode. In other words, VESA compliance