Re: Win95 style graphical boot screen

Ulrich Windl (Ulrich.Windl@rz.uni-regensburg.de)
Thu, 29 Feb 1996 11:22:50 +0100


On 28 Feb 96 at 15:49, Jonathan H. Pickard wrote:

> > Then WHY doesn't it work on my system? <silly pout mode on> I can't see
> > it as standard if it _DOESN'T_ work on my system! <silly pout mode off>
>
> Okay, then, we'll use 160x100x16! Hey, that even works on CGA! =:^)

CGA only has 4 colors at a time. For Hercules users we may only use 2
colors. For those with a monochrome card (the real one) we may not
use any graphics. Therefore: Just use 80x25 text mode (BIOS mode 3).

If you must have some graphics, read the xdm manual page. If X does
not work, read the manual page for ghostscript. If that does not
work, learn how to do graphics in text mode (redefining fonts). If
that does not work, work on a real problem!

Ulrich