PE> I did all that and 2 hours later it still wasn't working in SVGA.  BFN.

db> How come so many people 'round the world have managed to get it working, 
db> yet .. oh, never mind.  ;-)

db> (Sure your video card make/model/variant is supported?  I found I had to 

Either the card or the monitor is not on the list.  Anyway, I'm not trying
to solve that particular problem at the moment, I was just saying why I
can't use X.  I'll investigate that problem separately.

db> move to the latest release - now R3.2 - for my particular variant of video 
db> card to be supported, even though the general make/model was supported.)

db> Does it work in 16-colour 640x480 VGA mode?

It worked in the standard VGA modes, I can't remember if it was 640*480 or
640*400.  BFN.  Paul.
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