Message-ID: <37CE6EC5.686A44A5@swipnet.se> From: Anders David Skarin X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: 'VESA not available' error message References: <37CE6CF4 DOT CB42E8E0 AT res DOT raytheon DOT com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=x-user-defined Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 25 NNTP-Posting-Host: 130.244.45.124 X-Complaints-To: news-abuse AT swip DOT net X-Trace: nntpserver.swip.net 936275829 130.244.45.124 (Thu, 02 Sep 1999 14:37:09 MET DST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 14:37:09 MET DST Organization: A Customer of Tele2 X-Sender: s-437261 AT dialup45-2-60 DOT swipnet DOT se Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 14:34:13 +0200 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Hi, VESA won't work on NT. NT doesn't allow that kind of low level control. I don't think there is anyway to solve this. NT just isn't ment for DOS graphics programming. ingrama wrote: > > When trying to run some of the examples which came with Allegro( the > exe's in c:\djgpp\allegro\examples), I get the error seen below, or I > get an idle blank black background (not a bluescreen). My system is PPro > 200, NT 4, 64M. Most of the examples (up to and including ex21) work > fine. > > C:\djgpp\ALLEGRO\EXAMPLES>ex31 > Error setting 24 bit graphics mode > VESA not available > > C:\djgpp\ALLEGRO\EXAMPLES> > > Is this due to NT? Is there an easy fix for this? Thanks > -- > /* The opinions stated in this message are in no way intended to > represent the views of my employer */