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In article <170303Z...@anon.penet.fi>, an23...@anon.penet.fi wrote:

> I can only run Duke Nukem at 320X400 I have ran the full tests un 
> unvbe5.1 and here are the failed portions of the test.
> My ATI MACH64 card test indicate that "Loaded Vesa Bios supports 640X480 
> at 32K colors." I have the ATI set at 32K colors.
> 
> 
 [znip]
> Checking mode 11Ch ... 
> 
 [znip]
> 
>     FAIL: Function 09h failed to preserve BX
>     8 bit wide DAC not supported
>     Virtual buffer now set to 5984 x 350 pixels (5984 bytes)
>     Virtual buffer now set to 640 x 3276 pixels
> 
> 1 errors logged for mode 11Ch.
> Checking mode 100h ... 
> 
 [znip]
>
>     FAIL: Function 09h failed to preserve BX
>     8 bit wide DAC not supported
>     Virtual buffer now set to 5240 x 400 pixels (5240 bytes)
>     Virtual buffer now set to 640 x 3276 pixels
> 
> 1 errors logged for mode 100h.
> Checking mode 101h ... 
> 
 [znip]
> 
>     FAIL: Function 09h failed to preserve BX
>     8 bit wide DAC not supported
>     Virtual buffer now set to 4368 x 480 pixels (4368 bytes)
>     Virtual buffer now set to 640 x 3276 pixels
> 
> 1 errors logged for mode 101h.
> 
> Video BIOS failed conformance test. Check log report for details.

Apparently the Vesa VBE routines in your ATI card do not work correctly,
they fail to restore one of the CPU's registers BX after use. This sounds
like a software bug in your ATI card's BIOS. The best thing to do is to
contact ATI (have your ATI BIOS version number handy) and ask them.

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