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Re: S3 Trio 64 (#9 fx 331) and console(svgalib) problems
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Manuel A. McLure T.)
Wed Nov 6 16:27:04 1996
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From: mmt@Unify.Com (Manuel A. McLure T.)
Date: Wed, 06 Nov 1996 14:20:53 -0700
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[John DeNardis & Chris Evans description on how using svgalib on
Trio64-based video cards messes up the screen on exit snipped]
Unfortunately, svgalib does not seem to get along very well with the
Trio64 chipset. The workaround I've been using ever since I first
installed Linux is to edit the svgalib configuration file to force it to
use standard VGA. You don't get SVGA resolutions or acceleration, but you
don't get a messed-up screen on exit, either.
BTW, if your screen is already messed up, I've found that even "textmode"
may not get it back. However, if you have dosemu set up, running "dos"
(by touch, since you can't see anything) will recover your video
settings. Seems like it runs the video BIOS which resets the bad
registers...
Hope this helps,
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