[SLUG] Graphics card

[Adams, Jamie]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Feather [mailto:akwexavante at hotmail.com]
> Sent: 17 March 2003 23:01
> To: scarborough at mailman.lug.org.uk
> Subject: Re: [SLUG] Graphics card
> 
> A Miracle has happened!
> 
> I now have graphics!  well sort of,
> 
> I upped the video memory to 2mb and selected 16bit colour depth, i
> manually
> punched in the monitors horiz and vertic sync settings of 30-70 and
50-150
> respectivelly.  Everything else remains unchanged.
> 
> startx now starts a windows system of some sort! its either blackbox
or
> Fluxbox because those are the only two that i have loaded, i suspect
its
> blackbox.   The image quality as you may know is very poor, keybord
works,
> mouse works.   But the only option that works when clicked on is exit!
and
> the useable area of the screen is restricted to the bottom third of a
17"
> screen.    Not one other option clicked on in any of the menus work at
> all.
> The only one that i recognise is Emacs and when it is clicked on
nothing
> happens just like all the others!

Mmmm, this does sound very strange. I can only guess that the problems
are down to the video timings X is giving your monitor. There is a
program called xvidtune that may be able to help.

Other than that im at a bit of a loss.
> 
> Thoughts, suggestions and ideas welcome
> 
> Mark

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