Re: svgalib-1.2.9 problems

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From: Jim Kaufman
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 00:00

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>>Eric Sambach (esambach@lily.newcastle.edu.au) wrote:
>>: Well, after using an ISA Trident 8900c for years, I finally made the
>>: upgrade to a VLB (albeit an el-cheapo CL). However, under svgalib,
>>: it doesn't want to work properly.
>>
>>: - and finally, when resetting to text mode from graphics mode, 
>>:   it dies.
>>: - When it dies, the screen goes totally black. The system is still 
>>:   going because I can reboot, echo ^G myself, etc.

I have a similar problem using a Mach32 card. If I use a 640x480x32K mode, 
the image shows up fine, but when returning to text mode my screen
goes blank (once I got orange text).

The first time I got a blank screen I figured I blew the board!

-- 
jmk

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From: jmk@mtn.org (Jim Kaufman)
Subject: Re: svgalib-1.2.9 problems
Date: 1996/01/10
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