From: kunst AT prl DOT philips DOT nl (Pieter Kunst)
Subject: Problems rebuilding GO32 with VESA
To: gbm AT ii DOT pw DOT edu DOT pl (Grzegorz B. Mazur)
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 93 15:34:09 MET
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu (DJGPP users list)
Mailer: Elm [revision: 70.30]

> 
> Please be more specific. I will try to help you, but do not expect
> any message until next Tuesday.
> 

Hello Gregory,

This is what I did:

  (1) I obtained 'gmvsa001.zip' from 'pascal.ibp.fr' in dir 'pub/msdos/djgpp'.
      The file 'readme.vsa' has size '11768' and is dated: 'Jan 30 13:27'.
      The file 'vesa.grn'   has size '983'   and is dated: 'Jan 29 23:33'.
      The file 'go32x.exe'  has size '94368' and is dated: 'Jan 29 19:05'.

  (2) I compiled 'modetest' in the 'drv' subdirectory using DJGPP 1.09.

  (3) I copied 'drv/vesa.grn' to '\djgpp\drivers'. 
      I added 'set GO32=ansi driver /djgpp/drivers/vesa.grn gw 1024 gh 768'
      to my 'AUTOEXEC.BAT' file.

  (4) I ran 'modetest' using 'go32x modetest'. (hacked version).
      I tried '1024x768x258' on my Dell 466/M with S3 card: It worked fine !

  (5) I copied 'go32/graphics.c', 'go32/grprot.asm' and 'go32/driver.h'
      to '\djgpp\go32' (original GO32 sources) and rebuilt GO32 (using 'make').

  (6) I ran 'modetest' using 'go32t modetest' (new recompiled version).
      The program displays a list of available modes. When one mode is
      selected (e.g. 1024x768x256) nothing occurs; when a key is hit,
      the screen turns grey.

I suspect that some other 'magic' is included in your hacked 'go32x.exe'
file. Didn't you really change any other GO32 source files ?

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Pieter Kunst (kunst AT prl DOT philips DOT nl)