From:	Maurice Lombardi <Maurice DOT Lombardi AT ujf-grenoble DOT fr>
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Subject:	Re: GRX VESA driver
Date:	Mon, 15 Jan 2001 11:28:57 +0100
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Waldemar Schultz a écrit :
> 
> Hans-Bernhard Broeker schrieb:
> >
> > Waldemar Schultz <schultz AT ma DOT tum DOT de> wrote:
> > > I experienced a 'bug ?' in GRX 2.3.2 video handling:
> >
> > That's not a bug in GRX, it's a bug in your graphics card's VESA
> > implementation and/or Windows driver. Sadly, this bug is so common in
> > today's cards that it's easy to forget that any card's drivers indeed
> > do get it right.
> >
> > If GRX is to blame for anything, then for not using a workaround for
> > that common bug.
> most probably you are right, as I could not reproduce the behaviour om my old
> home computer with W95. But I still wonder how Allegro programmers did it to get
> around.

May me you can ask to your card maker for a driver update.
I solved that way a bug when using rhide with a Matrox Mystique card (blank
screen when switching back from graphics to text).

Hope this helps

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       Maurice Lombardi
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