From: "Damian Yerrick" <NOSP AT Musenet@pineight.8m.com>
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Subject: Re: fprintf() and using under graphic modes
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"Shawn Hargreaves" <SHargreaves AT acclaimstudios DOT co DOT uk> wrote in message
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> Jeff Williams writes:
> > I don't have any experience with Allegro, but would `vesainfo' be
> > useful as a standalone diagnostic tool, just to learn something about
> > the video support on my notebook PC?
>
> Absolutely, it just prints out the results of calling all the VESA
> driver query functions. Of course this won't tell you anything about
> whatever bugs may be lurking in your particular driver (only trying
> to actually use the graphics for real will tell you that), but at
> least it shows what things the driver claims to be able to support :-)

Suggested enhancement:
Then proceed to call some of the routines that are known to
be buggy on a lot of cards. "If the graphics screw up here, then
contact your card manufacturer or get SciTech Display Doctor."


Damian Yerrick