From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 20:20:54 -0500
From: Kenji Okamoto okamoto@earth.cias.osakafu-u.ac.jp
Subject: Typo in vgadb ?
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> I found an entry '0xE0039="CL-GD540x/542x VGA BIOS" in vgadb. 
> With debug, I found the address should be at 0xC0039 (in my 486 
> at least.) Is it a typo?

It may indicate notebook type.

> I can set the display up to 800x600x1.

So, you are lucky to set it as SVGA.

> I cannot set the depth to 8 bits?

I'd be happy if you could describe more what happenedin your case,
because I'm also facing with this problem in a different vga card.

> Setting to 640x480x8 still gives me a b/w window system. Any 
> suggestion or solution?

How did you know it's b/w?   Did you try to display some colored image?

Kenji