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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