On Mon, 22 Jun 1998, Glynn Clements wrote:
> X servers don't use SVGAlib; they access the hardware directly (in
> effect, they have their own drivers).
ok, thnx and sorry for lame question :]
> > I tried to use driver for my chipset but it's "pre-alpha
> > version", so you understand it gives just seg. fault.
>
> This is going to be an inevitable problem with SVGAlib. X is used by
> (virtually) all Unix-like OSes, on a wide variety of hardware
> platforms. SVGAlib is specific to Intel-Linux. Consequently, there are
> many more people working on X than on SVGAlib (the ratio could easily
> be as high as 100:1).
hmm... i see, but any ideas why my friend can get let's say 640x480x256
on normal VGA driver and i can't on same driver... can't get it, i'm not
used to graphics...
> If you want direct screen access, you might be better off using the
> DGA extension of the XFree86 servers. The main disadvantage of DGA is
> that you can't perform mode changes on the fly.
well... if i wanted direct screen acces wouldn't it be better to use
assembler ? :]
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