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Following up: The solution proposed by Hans was somewhat successful. The |
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buffer update problem has apparently been solved at a higher of 1024x768. |
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Wavy vertical lines are still evident. This I can ignore, however. At 862 |
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On 11/21/05, Alan E. Davis <lngndvs@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> I think Hans's idea makes sense, since it was the file storm.c that was |
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> patched in the first place by others. I'll have to wait, because I've |
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> started a new gentoo install due to problems detecting the /boot partition |
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> in my machine. I botched an attempt to move data from that partition to the |
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> / partition. |
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> I have been able to do 1064x768 at 16 or 24 bits. Even 1100something x |
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> something worked, perhaps not as perfectly. |
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> Thank you for so many great answers, in great depth. I will see what |
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> comes about in a day or two. It's tricky to do this on a dialup. |
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> Alan Davis |
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> On 11/20/05, Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> wrote: |
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> > On Fri, Nov 18, 2005 at 11:57:12PM -0600, kashani wrote |
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> > > The Mystique has 4mb of RAM upgradeable to 8mb IIRC. It was likely0 |
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> > > new in '95-'96 as I scraped together $140 to by the slightly better |
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> > > Matrox Millennium used off Ebay in '96. The Mystique did not do well |
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> > > at higher resolutions, which is why I went with the Millennium. I'd |
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> > > shoot for 800x600 and go from there. |
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> > 1024x768 at 24bits (16 million colours) should be doable. |
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> > -- |
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> > Walter Dnes < waltdnes@××××××××.org> In linux /sbin/init is Job #1 |
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> > My musings on technology and security at http://tech_sec.blog.ca |
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> > gentoo-user@g.o mailing list |
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