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- From: Glen Harris <astfgl@pandemonium.jcu.edu.au>
- Message-Id: <199509021234.WAA03276@pandemonium.jcu.edu.au>
- Subject: Re: E/L/o7 SVGA
- To: executor@nacm.com
- Date: Sat, 2 Sep 1995 22:34:48 +1000 (EST)
- In-Reply-To: <199509021016.AA01421@stt_even.let.ruu.nl> from "Wessel.Kraaij@let.ruu.nl" at Sep 2, 95 12:16:12 pm
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- > Unfortunately it crashes and I have to reboot because the screen
- > turns black and I can't change to another VC. I tried to capture the
- > stderr output in a file, but that seems to disable a svga app to
- > change to graphics mode.
- >
- > Configuration:
- > Linux 1.2.1 with serial mouse
- > svgalib1.2.7
- > S3 card with GenDac Ramdac
- >
- > The svga version of DOOM runs fine ..
-
- Ditto, for a 1.3.7 kernel and ATT21C498 S3 2Mb card. I can switch to
- alternate consoles, login and start up X11. The process table shows two
- executor processes running, I can kill them but nothing restores the text
- mode.
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