From: hlu@phys1.physics.wsu.edu (Hongjiu Lu) Subject: Re: X386 and lame SVGA cards Date: 6 May 1992 20:24:15 GMT
In article <PNAKADA.92May6103934@pnakada.oracle.com>, pnakada@oracle.com (Paul Nakada) writes:
|>
|> Linux Hackers -
|>
|> I've got a Trident SVGA card which isn't supported under X386.
|> Shouldn't there be a way to use it as a plain VGA card (640x480)?
Don't let resolution fool you. Plain VGA use 4 bits color. X386 uses 8 bit
color.
|> Aren't all SVGA cards the same if treated as VGA? Windows doesn't
|> have any problems with the default VGA driver and my card, it's just
|> the higher resolutions which need trident specific drivers. So, is
|> there an Xconfig for plain VGA cards?
|>
NO. Plain VGA has no 8 bit color.
|> Thanks.
|>
|> - Paul
|> --
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|> Paul Nakada | Oracle Corporation | pnakada@oracle.com
H.J.