Re: [MiNT] Problem with xaaes/nvdi+video card

["Mark Nias" <mintlist@mr2.net>]

just wanted to post back my findings on this, it's all a little complicated
due to so many things being involved!

I have made a little progress and also i think i'm working out how this
stuff is working together.

(all assuming a working mint/xaaes system)

Senario 1:
CrazyDots 2 card using original CD2 drivers
Auto app CD2_MANA.PRG redirects initial boot display to CD2 card and allows
selection of CD2 video mode. Video drivers listed as CDDRVXXX.SYS in
ASSIGN.SYS

Results: Working in TOS and MINT
Problems: no NVDI acceleration so is slow, especially in 256 colours, only
works in 640x480 under MINT. It will boot into higher resolutions but has
garbled display. I can see the desktop/mouse working underneath a 'skewed'
display... like when you display an image at the wrong resolution so suspect
this is just a resolution selection problem.

Senario 2:
CrazyDots 2 card running NVDI 4.11 ET-4000
Auto app REDIRECT.PRG redirects initial boot display to CD2 card,
SLCT_DEV.PRG allows selection of CD2 video mode. Video drivers listed as
XVGAXXX.SYS in ASSIGN.SYS

Results: Working in TOS, broken in MINT
Problems: XAAES fails when opening physical workstation.

Senario 3:
CrazyDots 2 card running a blend of NVDI 4.11 ET-4000 and original drivers
Using CD2_MANA.PRG to redirect initial display and video mode selection, but
edited ASSIGN.SYS file to use the NVDI drivers rarther than the original
ones. NVDI.PRG enabled with REDIRECT.PRG and SLCT_DEV.PRG disabled.
CD2_MANA.PRG runs first then NVDI.PRG.

Results: Working in TOS, broken in MINT
Problems: NVDI will only run display in the last mode selected by
SLCT_DEV.PRG regardless of what was set with CD2_MANA.PRG. But the
resolution must match. Seems to work ok in TOS, but when i try it in Mint i
get a frozen garbage display and my monitor complaining about signal being
out of range.


So in effect, no real progress, personally i'd like to see NVDI ET4000
working with XAAES properly as it's by far the best way to run a CD2 card.

I'm sure there's no issue with NVDI itself as it works fine under mint in
many other senarios. I think it's some problem with NVDIs resolution
selection app SLCT_DEV.PRG

Would there be any scope in someone debugging XAAES and SLCT_DEV.PRG
together?

mark