Re: Problem with Elfish demo

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From: marc... Marc BRANCHAUD
Date: Mon, 24 May 1993 05:59

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In message <1tp5s1$e...@agate.berkeley.edu>, MICHAEL JULIAN DANEMAN (dan...@diva.Berkeley.EDU) scrawled:
> I downloaded the elfish demo but after I install and run it the graphics
> come out all garbled and mostly in the top quarter of the screen.  I have
> a Video 7 VGA (although a pretty old one).  I've tried loading a vesa
> driver but that didn't seem to help, and, in fact, the screen goes blank
> during the installation if I have the vesa driver loaded before I install.
> Has anyone encountered this problem?

I had some trouble with the demo, too...

After you install it (with the VESA driver loaded) try running a file
called "recongif" or some such thing.  It seems to reset the demo's drivers
properly (at least it did for me).

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                        marc...@cs.mcgill.ca

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