From: roger@kea.grace.cri.nz
Date: Fri 01 Sep 2000 - 10:03:52 IDT
Hello svga enthusiasts, May I ask your advice about the configuration of svgalib? The package is now installed and most of the demo programs work, however I have not succeeded in running any application, for example, squake, doom or vga_cardgames. In the case of the last-named the programs compile but the runtime graphics is corrupted. I think this may have to do with the selected configuration. I am running svgalib v.1.4.2 compiled over the Slackware 7.1 installation and Linux kernel 2.2.16. My graphics card is Gigabyte GA 600+ with the Nvidia Riva TNT2 chipset (32 Mb DRAM). Currently the NVidia driver module is installed for this card. My present libvga.config settings do not select a chipset. Vgatest then works with all modes _except_ the vga modes < 9 and mode 32. Testgl reports: Using a RIVA driver 32768 Kb, type: nv4, Riva TNT/Riva TNT2. If I now select the nv3 chipset in the config file then the _only_ available modes are the excluded ones (vga and mode 32), and these are corrupted in the graphics terminal. I'm wondering why this happens and what is going on? I get the same behaviour if I select the Standard VGA chipset option... I suspect this may have something to do with video corruption in the vga cardgames. It appears there is no way of selecting the mode in these games. Is it possible that they are expecting what appears to be the default mode 5 (320x200, 256)? If my card can't use this mode then it's not surprising that the graphics is unstable. But I'd also like to know why my card is apparently not recognized by the svgalib installation... Any ideas on this please let me know, Roger Young. ................................................................... Hardware: P3/733 MHz / GA-6VX7-4X M/B with Via Apollo Pro chipset 256 Mb SDRAM / GA 660+ graphics card with Nvidia TNT2 chipset, 32 Mb DRAM Software: Slackware 7.1 installation / Linux kernel v 2.2.16 / installed graphics driver: NVdriver (module) / svgalib v.1.4.2 / gcc v.2.95.2 / glibc v.2.1.3 / XFree86 v.4.0 In libvga.config: HorizSync 30 92 VertRefresh 50 160 Modelines: not set Chipset: not set Ramdac: not set Dotclocks: not set
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