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From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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On Sat, 19 Apr 1997, Pedro Giffuni wrote:

> I've learned to hate my Compaq computer after years of impossibility of
> running XFree86 decently.

:-)

> My graphic card is unsupported and I don't want a commercial X. I don't
> want to replace my box, or my card but rather extend the available video
> modes. The board has a VESA connector plug, I wonder if anyone knows if
> I can add some special card that let's me run X, but can live with my
> qvision card (I have qvision drivers for win3.1 and I don't want to
> change them).

Um, put a real video card in it and disable the onboard?

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
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