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Re: VESA 2.0



>>>>>> "Brian" == Brian Hawley <bhawley@luc.edu> writes:
>
>    Brian> This might not be an Executor problem, but I'll ask anyway.
>    Brian> I have tried Executor both with and without the UniVesa
>    Brian> drivers, and I have run into a problem. Without the
>    Brian> drivers, it has the same cursor redraw annoyance that has
>    Brian> been mentioned before (so I'll ignore that for now). With
>    Brian> the drivers, it detects the VESA 2.0 fine, but it won't
>    Brian> start up in any video mode with greater than 4 bits per
>    Brian> pixel. Is there some command line switch that can solve
>    Brian> this problem, perhaps by allocating more memory?
>
>Hi Brian,
>
>Have you picked up one of the BleedingEdge releases that fix this
>problem (1.99n5 should do it)?  I'm just checking to see what major
>1.99n bugs still remain.

Hi there. The 1.99n4 and n5 fixed that problem. The only graphics 
problem Executor has now is some snow on the left edge of the screen,
like during the startup of Lemmings. I have been ignoring it, but you
might prefer not to. 

>    Brian> By the way, you can add Executor to the list of products
>    Brian> that conflict with Novell DPMS (Dos Protected Mode
>    Brian> Services). Fortunately I have enough free ram that I can
>    Brian> run Stacker without it. Stacker allows me to make a 40 meg
>    Brian> hfv file that uses 5 megs on disk! No conflicts have arisen
>    Brian> yet (other than DPMS).
>
>OK, I've asked Mat to report this to the appropriate DJGPP V2 folks.

Previous versions of Executor just hung at startup when run with DPMS
active. Version 1.99n5 now does a cold reboot at that point. 

>	--Cliff
>	ctm@ardi.com

Brian Hawley
bhawley@luc.edu