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I may have missed something in the docs, but I don't think so.

When I exit X-Windows, every second column of text is forced blank on the
old screen. Even printing and typing new things doesn't cure the problem. I
have tried to switch VCs, but they all have every second column missing too.
The only solution is to reboot.

I am using mono X-Windows on a Trident card that appears to have a TVGA9000
chip on it. I use 640x480 resolution with the clock settings in the default
Xconfig.mono file.

On a separate point, Why won't the colour driver recognise this board ?
It says the driver only supports TVGA8900...

Further more (relating to X-Windows and that video card and things) :

1. Will upgrading from 4 to 8 MB of RAM make a significant difference to
   X performance ?

2. How can I get my system to continue running terminals whilst I run
   X (either from the command line or using xdm from rc.local) ?

3. If I put more memory on the video card, will this help the colour
   system to run better ?

Cheers.

CHrIs (A newbie with a thirst for knowledge)

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This is usually caused by using an XFree version numbered lower than 1.2.
If it is not, please let me know (by E-Mail).

Quote:> [...]
>On a separate point, Why won't the colour driver recognise this board ?
>It says the driver only supports TVGA8900...

This too suggests a version < 1.2. Those versions did not support the
tvga9000 in colour.

Quote:> [...]

>2. How can I get my system to continue running terminals whilst I run
>   X (either from the command line or using xdm from rc.local) ?

(I'm not sure I fully understand this question.)
Remote logins will still be possible.
You can switch from behind the console to other VT's by the three key
CTRL-ALT-FN number combination.

Quote:

>3. If I put more memory on the video card, will this help the colour
>   system to run better ?

If you have a tvga9000 with 256k, I think you won't be able to run colour at
all in the standard resolutions. (Since 640x480 > 256k)
If you have a tvga9000 with 512k, I think you won't be able to put more
memory on it. (If I'm wrong here, please let me know.)

Quote:

>Cheers.

Yours,

I haven't found anything either...

Quote:>When I exit X-Windows, every second column of text is forced blank on the
>old screen. Even printing and typing new things doesn't cure the problem. I
>have tried to switch VCs, but they all have every second column missing too.
>The only solution is to reboot.

I had the same problem with my TVGA8900c: After leaving Xmono, every 2nd
text column was missing. Now I use the color X and after exiting X-Window
_every_ column is left blank, i.e. I can't see anything....

Is there any possibility to fix that?

Quote:>Further more (relating to X-Windows and that video card and things) :
>1. Will upgrading from 4 to 8 MB of RAM make a significant difference to
>   X performance ?

Yes, it will definitely!

Quote:>2. How can I get my system to continue running terminals whilst I run
>   X (either from the command line or using xdm from rc.local) ?

You mean seriel terminals? They don't get affected when starting X.

Quote:>3. If I put more memory on the video card, will this help the colour
>   system to run better ?

Here upgrading from 512 to 1024KB helped.

Kai
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