On Mon, 10 Apr 2000, Damian Walker wrote:
> Without graphics, xdos runs without a problem. This is version 0.98 I have
> here, as distributed with Slackware 3.6. When I try the VGAON utility (just
> as a test) I get the following output in the console window:
>
> ERROR: CAN'T DO VIDEO INIT, BIOS NOT MAPPED!
>
> According to my understanding of the config file, the BIOS *is* mapped (we are
> talking about the video BIOS here, I assume). The relevant bits are:
>
> $_graphics = (on)
> $_videoportaccess = (on)
> $_vbios_seg = (0xc000)
> $_vbios_size = (0x10000)
> $_vmemsize = (1024)
> $_chipset = "cirrus"
>
> Could the above error mean that the BIOS is mapped to the *wrong* address,
> rather than not being mapped at all as it implies?
You are confused between console graphics and X-graphics. The above
settings and vgaon/vgaoff all apply to console graphics. For X you don't
need vgaon. Note that a program that uses a standard vga 16 colour mode
most likely does not work in X. The 2, 4 and 256 colour modes most
likely do work.
Bart
