F12 -> F14 (via preupgrade), not so smooth
James Mckenzie
jjmckenzie51 at earthlink.net
Wed Nov 17 03:01:22 UTC 2010
"Kevin J. Cummings" <cummings at kjchome.homeip.net> wrote:
>
>> 2a) VESA has lots of problems returning to a proper video mode. If I
>> run dosbox in full-screen mode, when it returns to X11, the resolution
>> is less than stellar. Its the same size, but it seems like every other
>> pixel is missing. Heck, All I have to do is switch to a diferent
>> virtual console, and X11 is hosed when I return to it. Even the color
>> pallette seems to be changed. I have to logout and restart the X server
>> to get it back.
>
>I tried the VESA driver without "nomodeset". Things get worse.
>
>I will open a bug against the VESA driver as well.
>
Thank you for this warning. I will try this on my Thinkpad A22p and see what happens. It has a much older Rage 3D chipset.
James McKenzie
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