Re: Problem in programming with Mediagx display Card.

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From: Matan Ziv-Av (matan@svgalib.org)
Date: Thu 14 Sep 2000 - 19:25:02 IDT


On Thu, 14 Sep 2000, ganesh wrote:

> 	Suse Linux 5.3,
> 	SVGALib 1.4.1,
> 	Mediagx Board with inbuilt display Card, &

> 		vga_init();
> 		vga_setmode(G640x480x256);
> 		gl_setcontextvga(G640x480x256);
> 		gl_setfont(8,8,gl_font8x8);
> 		gl_setwritemode(FONT_COMPRESSED+WRITEMODE_OVERWRITE);
> 		gl_setfontcolors(0,vga_white());
> 
> 		gl_write(200,300,"Ganesh.S");
> 
> 
> But the same works fine, if I use only VGA functions.

There is no MediaGX driver for svgalib, so the video can only be used as
if it was a standard vga. If the board include Vesa in the BIOS, you
might be able to use the vesa driver. Otherwise, your only solution is
to write a driver.



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Matan Ziv-Av.                         matan@svgalib.org


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