Subject: Re: Bug in vi???
To: Adrian P. Ireland <aireland@indigo.ie>
From: Mark Brinicombe <amb@physig.ph.kcl.ac.uk>
List: port-arm32
Date: 08/21/1997 01:36:26
On Mon, 18 Aug 1997, Adrian P. Ireland wrote:

> Funny colours on console if Video DRAM is set to more than 0K.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> If I set the Video DRAM to anything more than 0K my console has
> coloured lines on it and I cannot see any text. It lookes like
> something has written to the Video RAM.
> 
> I notice that the kernal notices the amount of VRAM I actually have
> on booting.

If you have VRAM in your system you should not be setting the video DRAM
and it should be left at 0K. This option is to specify the amount of DRAM
to be used for video when there is not VRAM (e.g. A7000)

Cheers,
				Mark