Re: tlug: XFree86-DGA extension

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Tue, 10 Nov 1998, Takeshi Hakamada wrote:

> From: Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>
> Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.96LJ1.1b7.981110110256.11973t-100000@example.com>
> > On Tue, 10 Nov 1998, Takeshi Hakamada wrote:
> > 
> > > I tried to invoke 'dga' last night. I can invoke it only with 8bpp
> > > mode. It cause entire screen to change colormap and entire screen
> > > is horizontally shifted. As Scott said, all I can do is CTRL-ALT-DEL.
> > > But I didn't get any segfaults.
> > 
> > Yes you did - you just didn't see it because when the server crashed, it
> > didn't reset the video mode.  If you do:
> > 
> > startx >/tmp/x.log 2>/tmp/x.log
> > 
> > and then repeat the procedure, you'll notice after your reboot that
> > /tmp/x.log does indicate a segmentation fault.
> 
> Ooops, I forgot to do this.
> Anyway, I got a sample program for DGA extension. It sounds good.
> But I can't play with DGA with Riva128. :-(

oddly enough, the DGA support in snes9x (Super Nintendo/Super Famicom
emulator for many platforms, incl. Linux) DOES work on the Riva.  download
snes9x at http://www.snes9x.com

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Scott M. Stone <sstone@example.com, sstone@example.com>
Head of TurboLinux Development/Systems Administrator
Pacific HiTech, Inc (USA) / Pacific HiTech, KK (Japan)


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