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From: pcg@aber.ac.uk (Piercarlo Grandi)
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Subject: Re: xfree86 only works for root?
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On 14 Jan 93 03:13:40 GMT, dawes@physics.su.OZ.AU (David Dawes) said:

dawes> It is planned that the next release will support more than 64k of
dawes> memory for the mono server (on supported SVGA chipsets -- not
dawes> with the "generic" driver).

Great news! I like the work by these XFree86 people a lot already, and
they continue having very nice ideas.

dawes> The mono mode that is used is really a 16-colour mode (but only
dawes> using one of the 4 planes).

Well, then it will not be too hard eventually to use the other planes,
or at least one of them, for overlays; or maybe to have *4* screens per
display. Or is this too greedy? :-) :-)
--
Piercarlo Grandi, Dept of CS, PC/UW@Aberystwyth <pcg@aber.ac.uk>
  E l'italiano cantava, cantava. E le sue disperate invocazioni giunsero
  alle orecchie del suo divino protettore, il dio della barzelletta