Re: Hi Res in OpenBrick

On Thu, May 22, 2003 at 02:33:15PM +0200, Jean-Paul Smets wrote:
> I would like everyone to know how to do hi resolution in OpenBrick VGA
> 
> I will make a short explanation here before I write a full doc
> 	1- make sure jumper JP4 on the main board is closed (sorry...). This allows 
> the video chipset to use shared memory instead of built in memory at the 
> expense of refresh frequency. This is just fine for most applications.
> 	2- make sure in the BIOS that the option "PCI first" is selected and that 
> the shared ram is set to 4 MB
> 	3- use the vesa driver to test first the XFRee config. I could get 
> 1280x1024 easily

This works ok with 1280x1024x8bpp and the tvia driver, and with 8bpp
and 16bpp with vesa.

I can't log in with KDE and vesa (X crashes during the splash
screen), but Gnome and simple window managers work fine.

> Regarding Free Software hi performance driver for OpenBrick, read next 
> email.

I'll try that in the following week, I hope I'll have time for it
then.

Thomas

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