dot graphics on a 6386WGS

[jeffrey.prem]

(Sorry, I misplaced the article number, etc.)

   >From: gls at odyssey.att.com (Col. G. L. Sicherman)
   >Subject: dot graphics on a 6386WGS
   >Organization: Save the Dodoes Foundation
   >Date: Wed, 30 Jan 91 21:25:45 GMT
   >
   >Has anybody succeeded in using dot graphics on a 6386WGS?  When I
   >call KDSETMODE I get EINVAL, and when I call KDMAPDISP I get EACCES.
   >The board is an EGA.

You need to do a modeswitch ioctl before the KDMAPDISP.  The
modeswitch values are defined in "/usr/include/sys/kd.h" and begin
with "SW_".

Have fun,
Jeff
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Jeff Prem (jprem at attunix.att.com)
OS Desktop Development Group
UNIX System Laboratories, Inc., A Subsidiary of AT&T