From: kunst AT prl DOT philips DOT nl
Subject: Re: vesa_s3-driver?
To: R DOT Exler AT jk DOT uni-linz DOT ac DOT at
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 1994 12:42:33 +0100 (METDST)
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu (DJGPP users list)

Roland Exler (R DOT Exler AT jk DOT uni-linz DOT ac DOT at) writes:
> 
> I've written a program using libgrx with a ET4000-VGA and it works fine at
> 800x600x256. If I start it with an ELSA WINNER 1000 (S3) VGA, it does'nt
> work.
> 
> 1) GR_default_graphics uses an 16 Color-Mode even if I specify
>      'GO32=driver c:/gnu/drivers/vesa_s3.grn gw 320 gh 200 gn 256'
                                                             ^^^^^^
                            I think this part is wrong; try 'nc 256'.

Why not try the built-in VESA driver: GO32=gw 320 gh 200 nc 256

> 
> 2) using GR_width_heigth_color_graphics with 320x200x256 works, but all
>    modes with more resolution switch the screen to graphics, but doesn't
>    draw anything!
> 
> Has anyone seen this problem too and can give me a solution? What I need is
> a Graphics-Mode with 256 Colors and at least 640x480. The WINNER 1000 could
> do 256-color in 1024x768x256 at 72Hz non-interlaced, so it would be fine to
> use this mode with libgrx too.

Pieter Kunst (kunst AT prl DOT philips DOT nl)