Re: stm (was Console resolution (Was Viewing bootup message))
On Fri, 27 Feb 1998, Benoit Goudreault-Emond wrote: [snip] Hmm, I used to have that running with my tseng et4000, but when I went to my new s3 virge, It died completely... anyway, 80x34 is fine... 80x25 is just too large... I hate DOS so much... :) Died how? Don't forget that you absolutely HAVE to load fonts if you use any S3 based card in text mode at high refresh rates (you probably knew that, but one never knows). Mainly the display gets screwed around... I was loading fonts, although I didn'nt know I _had_ to. Are there any particular fonts that have to be used? I cant remember what I was using. Michael Beattie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --- WinErr: 016 Error buffer overflow - Too many errors encountered. Additional errors may not be displayed or recorded. --- Debian GNU/Linux Ooohh You are missing out! -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: stm (was Console resolution (Was Viewing bootup message))
[snip] Hmm, I used to have that running with my tseng et4000, but when I went to my new s3 virge, It died completely... anyway, 80x34 is fine... 80x25 is just too large... I hate DOS so much... :) Died how? Don't forget that you absolutely HAVE to load fonts if you use any S3 based card in text mode at high refresh rates (you probably knew that, but one never knows). -- Benoit Goudreault-Emond Reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP public key fingerprint: 11 43 A9 04 7C 11 41 44 5F FC 69 B1 B6 0A ED 78 E-mail me to receive the actual public key. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: stm (was Console resolution (Was Viewing bootup message))
On Thu, 26 Feb 1998, Benoit Goudreault-Emond wrote: [A heck of a lot clipped] I hope that will be of some use to you. Apparently not... I am beginning to think I need to raise some money for a new monitor.. :( limits: 30-50 horiz 50-75 Vert Oh well... Well, you can change the first number on the modeline, I beleive it's the dot clock. Lowering that will allow you to drive the monitor at a lower synch rate. 'Sides, I had a monitor which had about the same specs once, and I ran @ 100x37 but at ~70 Hz, IIRC. You should be able to do the same (hint: you should be able to drive the 100x37 mode at the same frequency you drive your monitor when in 800x600 graphical mode). Unfortunately, I don't know what happened to that particular configuration. Sorry. Hmm, I used to have that running with my tseng et4000, but when I went to my new s3 virge, It died completely... anyway, 80x34 is fine... 80x25 is just too large... I hate DOS so much... :) Again, be darn careful when fooling around with SVGATextMode. Keep one console with stm 80x25 ready, and your finger on the monitor's off switch. :) I think that goes without saying... Michael Beattie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --- WinErr: 006 Malicious error - Desqview found on drive --- Debian GNU/Linux Ooohh You are missing out! -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: stm (was Console resolution (Was Viewing bootup message))
On Sun, 22 Feb 1998, Benoit Goudreault-Emond wrote: As a matter of interest, who is using SVGATextMode with an S3 ViRGE and a 1024x768 capable monitor? if I try to go above 80x30, the characters on the left hand side of the screen get all screwy, and sometimes the left of the screen is cut off at the 10thish column and is repeated from there... So I use LILO to give me 80x34 :) Any Ideas? I am. My own text mode is [EMAIL PROTECTED] My settings: --- snip --- ChipSet S3 ClockChip S3Virge Option XFAST_DRAM # The following line might be what you're missing... Option S3_HSText option 16color # You may be missing this as well -- apparently, you must make sure to # load fonts at high frequencies Option LoadFont FontProg /usr/bin/setfont FontPath /usr/lib/kbd/consolefonts # The following font is not in the package -- I grabbed it off sunsite's # console fonts pack. FontSelect sans-16 8x16 9x16 8x15 9x15 # The following fonts were kept as default -- I don't use them FontSelect Cyr_a8x14 8x14 9x14 8x13 9x13 FontSelect 8x12alt.psf 8x12 9x12 8x11 9x11 FontSelect Cyr_a8x88x8 9x8 8x7 9x7 FontSelect Cyr_a8x32 8x32 9x32 8x31 9x31 FontProg /usr/bin/setfont -u def.uni HorizSync 30-66 VertRefresh 50-110 DefaultMode 80x25 80x25 28.3640 680 776 800400 412 414 449 font 9x16 # # This is the mode I use. I had to mess with the first, second, fourth # and fifth values to center. I basically tried until I got something # reasonable, so I can't really give some hints besides keep a console # with stm 80x25 always ready at the prompt, and your finger on the # monitor's power off switch (just in case you give bad settings) # custom 55 800 878 922 1042615 615 616 650 font 8x16 --- snip --- I hope that will be of some use to you. Apparently not... I am beginning to think I need to raise some money for a new monitor.. :( limits: 30-50 horiz 50-75 Vert Oh well... Michael Beattie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --- WinErr: 012 System crash - We are unable to figure out our own code. --- Debian GNU/Linux Ooohh You are missing out! -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: stm (was Console resolution (Was Viewing bootup message))
[A heck of a lot clipped] I hope that will be of some use to you. Apparently not... I am beginning to think I need to raise some money for a new monitor.. :( limits: 30-50 horiz 50-75 Vert Oh well... Well, you can change the first number on the modeline, I beleive it's the dot clock. Lowering that will allow you to drive the monitor at a lower synch rate. 'Sides, I had a monitor which had about the same specs once, and I ran @ 100x37 but at ~70 Hz, IIRC. You should be able to do the same (hint: you should be able to drive the 100x37 mode at the same frequency you drive your monitor when in 800x600 graphical mode). Unfortunately, I don't know what happened to that particular configuration. Sorry. Again, be darn careful when fooling around with SVGATextMode. Keep one console with stm 80x25 ready, and your finger on the monitor's off switch. :) -- Benoit Goudreault-Emond Reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP public key fingerprint: 11 43 A9 04 7C 11 41 44 5F FC 69 B1 B6 0A ED 78 E-mail me to receive the actual public key. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: stm (was Console resolution (Was Viewing bootup message))
On Mon, 23 Feb 1998, Remco Blaakmeer wrote: On Sat, 21 Feb 1998, Bill Leach wrote: William R. Ward wrote: [snip] I've never seen much point in svgatextmode, personally - you can get 80x50 from LILO, isn't that enough? The 80x50 LILO can give me, also gives me 8x8 pixel characters. Using SVGATextMode I have 116x51 using 16x9 pixel characters. Readable characters are enough reason for me. [snip] But if you haven't configured SVGATextMode properly it shouldn't start at all at boot time. First configure it and be confident that it really works on your hardware, then make it start at boot time. As a matter of interest, who is using SVGATextMode with an S3 ViRGE and a 1024x768 capable monitor? if I try to go above 80x30, the characters on the left hand side of the screen get all screwy, and sometimes the left of the screen is cut off at the 10thish column and is repeated from there... So I use LILO to give me 80x34 :) Any Ideas? Michael Beattie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --- Documentation - The worst part of programming. --- Debian GNU/Linux Ooohh You are missing out! -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: stm (was Console resolution (Was Viewing bootup message))
As a matter of interest, who is using SVGATextMode with an S3 ViRGE and a 1024x768 capable monitor? if I try to go above 80x30, the characters on the left hand side of the screen get all screwy, and sometimes the left of the screen is cut off at the 10thish column and is repeated from there... So I use LILO to give me 80x34 :) Any Ideas? I am. My own text mode is [EMAIL PROTECTED] My settings: --- snip --- ChipSet S3 ClockChip S3Virge Option XFAST_DRAM # The following line might be what you're missing... Option S3_HSText option 16color # You may be missing this as well -- apparently, you must make sure to # load fonts at high frequencies Option LoadFont FontProg /usr/bin/setfont FontPath /usr/lib/kbd/consolefonts # The following font is not in the package -- I grabbed it off sunsite's # console fonts pack. FontSelect sans-16 8x16 9x16 8x15 9x15 # The following fonts were kept as default -- I don't use them FontSelect Cyr_a8x14 8x14 9x14 8x13 9x13 FontSelect 8x12alt.psf 8x12 9x12 8x11 9x11 FontSelect Cyr_a8x88x8 9x8 8x7 9x7 FontSelect Cyr_a8x32 8x32 9x32 8x31 9x31 FontProg /usr/bin/setfont -u def.uni HorizSync 30-66 VertRefresh 50-110 DefaultMode 80x25 80x25 28.3640 680 776 800400 412 414 449 font 9x16 # # This is the mode I use. I had to mess with the first, second, fourth # and fifth values to center. I basically tried until I got something # reasonable, so I can't really give some hints besides keep a console # with stm 80x25 always ready at the prompt, and your finger on the # monitor's power off switch (just in case you give bad settings) # custom 55 800 878 922 1042615 615 616 650 font 8x16 --- snip --- I hope that will be of some use to you. -- Benoit Goudreault-Emond Reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP public key fingerprint: 11 43 A9 04 7C 11 41 44 5F FC 69 B1 B6 0A ED 78 E-mail me to receive the actual public key. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
