From: root@umibox.hanse.de (Bernd Meyer) Subject: Re: Virtual max of 800 600 with Xmono and 1Meg VRAM ?? Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1993 00:46:17 GMT
mycroft@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Charles Hannum) writes:
>In article <1993Feb3.234552.21894@mailer.cc.fsu.edu>
>jblaine@garnet.acns.fsu.edu (CJB) writes:
>>
>> It would seem to me that the virtual size would be able to be much
>> larger than the color one due to the fact that there is more memory
>> left unused on the card when Xmono is run, as opposed to 256 colors.
>>
>> Does anyone know what the deal is?
>For whatever reason, Xmono will not address more than 64K of display
>memory. This limits the size of the virtual screen.
Please excuse the shouting, but once and for all:
READ THE FUCKING MAN-PAGES, THE READMES AND OTHER STUFF THAT LOOKS LIKE
DOCUMENTATION! IF YOU ARE NOT SURE, DO A "GREP -L <KEYWORD>" TO FIND THE
INTERESTING FILES!!!!
It's all in there. Xmono just uses the first 64k as it does no
bankswitching. It doesn't because it was written for generic VGA. Read the
docs, please!
Bernie
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