Re: [9fans] Scrolling considered harmful

[tlaronde@polynum.com]

On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 11:18:37AM -0400, erik quanstrom wrote:
> >
> > Since the new monitor is also with "screen" ratio (1600x900), I wonder
> > if my untouched:
> >
> > vgasize=800x600x16
> >
> > can not be a problem (because I can also switch to scrolling and
> > resizing the window because lines wrap...). If the ratio is not to its
> > taste, there may be a buffer reserved for some size, with the hardware
> > (monitor/card) deciding for something else?
>
> i have seen that some ati cards are not happy with some modes.
> you may wish to try cinap's realemu which is at
>
> 	9fs atom # srv $nflag -q tcp!atom.9atom.org atom &&
> 		#   mount $nflag /srv/atom /n/atom atom
> 	/n/atom/plan9/386/bin/aux/realemu
>
> if realemu is run before aux/vga, you may have better luck.
> some bioses allow one to set the amount of video memory.
> that might be worth checking, too.

Thanks again! I will do that when I have a slot of time (maybe some
days; but I will try and report).
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