Re: DGA Problems....(and other graphic stuff)

2001-03-28 Thread Heather
> well its working however for some reason when one of the programs bombs > out (ie. gravitywars :) about a file not being found) the backlight has > been turned off. Damn strange however its better than the white/melting > scary stuff :) Glad to hear that's better. I sure know how creepy that w

Re: DGA Problems....(and other graphic stuff)

2001-03-28 Thread Heather
> well its working however for some reason when one of the programs bombs > out (ie. gravitywars :) about a file not being found) the backlight has > been turned off. Damn strange however its better than the white/melting > scary stuff :) Glad to hear that's better. I sure know how creepy that

Re: DGA Problems....(and other graphic stuff)

2001-03-28 Thread Russell Coker
On Wednesday 28 March 2001 08:09, Alexander Clouter wrote: > has been replaced with four mingetty's and services I don't use have been > turned off. However I'm relutent to remove squid from my laptop, > unfortunately it prevents my harddisk from spinning down and it reduces > kapm from 85% to abo

Re: DGA Problems....(and other graphic stuff)

2001-03-27 Thread Russell Coker
On Wednesday 28 March 2001 08:09, Alexander Clouter wrote: > has been replaced with four mingetty's and services I don't use have been > turned off. However I'm relutent to remove squid from my laptop, > unfortunately it prevents my harddisk from spinning down and it reduces > kapm from 85% to ab

Re: DGA Problems....(and other graphic stuff)

2001-03-27 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Sun, 25 Mar 2001, Heather wrote: > > You need to edit the file /etc/vga/libvga.config. > > [snipped stuff] > > console (blind), suspending the box, and reawakening, because on mine that > seems to issue a video reset. > well its working however for some reason when one of the programs bombs out

Re: DGA Problems....(and other graphic stuff)

2001-03-27 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Sun, 25 Mar 2001, Heather wrote: > > You need to edit the file /etc/vga/libvga.config. > > [snipped stuff] > > console (blind), suspending the box, and reawakening, because on mine that > seems to issue a video reset. > well its working however for some reason when one of the programs bombs out

Re: DGA Problems....(and other graphic stuff)

2001-03-25 Thread Heather
> My graphics card is a Trident Cyber 9397... > > anyone have any suggestions on how to setup SVGAlib for my laptop, so I > don't get the *very* scary melt/streak screen of destruction? You need to edit the file /etc/vga/libvga.config. In *theory* it should autodetect your card but in *practice*

Re: DGA Problems....(and other graphic stuff)

2001-03-25 Thread Heather
> My graphics card is a Trident Cyber 9397... > > anyone have any suggestions on how to setup SVGAlib for my laptop, so I > don't get the *very* scary melt/streak screen of destruction? You need to edit the file /etc/vga/libvga.config. In *theory* it should autodetect your card but in *practice

DGA Problems....(and other graphic stuff)

2001-03-25 Thread Alexander Clouter
I have been trying on and off over the past couple of weeks to get DGA to work on my laptop with the latest X 4.0.2. My graphics card is a Trident Cyber 9397, however if I enable the loading of the DGA module (as you can see in my XF86Config) and then run /usr/X11R6/bin/dga as root I get the follo

DGA Problems....(and other graphic stuff)

2001-03-25 Thread Alexander Clouter
I have been trying on and off over the past couple of weeks to get DGA to work on my laptop with the latest X 4.0.2. My graphics card is a Trident Cyber 9397, however if I enable the loading of the DGA module (as you can see in my XF86Config) and then run /usr/X11R6/bin/dga as root I get the foll