Re: [MiNT] XaAES & centscreen

[Henk Robbers <h.robbers@chello.nl>]

"Konrad M. Kokoszkiewicz" wrote:
> 
> > So I think you can prevent this by letting the whole system boot in
> > 640x400xTC. You can do this by configuring the resolution in plain tos
> > (running the gem desktop), and saving newdesk.inf.
> 
> IIRC newdesk.inf is read when the AES starts, so this wouldn't help.
> 

XaAES doesnt read these files.

> It is better to write a short wrapper program, which will switch
> resolutions, launch AES, and when the AES exits, it would restore the
> resolutions back to the original state.
> 
> I wonder why no AES bothers to do this.
> 

It would not be part of the AES.
XaAES opens the VDI physical workstation in the current mode of the VDI, unless
overruled by the -fvideo/-video parameter.

The question is: should the AES change resolution at all ?
If such a wrapper function would be written I recommend to let it open/close the
physical workstation. The AES then only needs to open a virtual workstation.

Given the fact that changing resolution on the fly has never been possible, I think
the AES should take the VDI's state for granted.

If someone finds a way to set the falcon/centscreen resolution at bootup, I can take out
the parameter option and make an end to the confusion for all times.

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