Fix the VGA driver

Project:	JNode GUI
Component:	Code
Category:	bug report
Priority:	normal
Assigned:	Unassigned
Status:	duplicate

The startawt command could support an option to start the GUI in the VGA mode that should normally be supported by the majority of the graphic cards. This would allow to demonstrate and develop JNode on computers where the GUI is not currently running properly (I suppose, due insufficient hardware support). Currently it is not possible to control, how the graphical enviroment starts, and it it not clear what to do if it does not.

VGA mode

Submitted by lsantha on Mon, 05/08/2006 - 06:14.

Currently if no suitable video driver was found during startup the VGA driver is selected (at least this is how we expect it to work). The VGA mode needs more improvements in order to provide a somewhat usable default GUI. At the moment there are lots of painting problems and the mouse pointer is not visible. However the number of colors supported in VGA mode (16) is very restrictive and makes the job more difficult.

#1

Submitted by Peter on Thu, 08/21/2008 - 19:14.

Title:	The startawt command could support an opti	» Fix the VGA driver
Project:	JNode Core	» JNode GUI
Category:	feature request	» bug report

I'm changing the subject slightly and moving it to JNode GUI. As levente pointed out the VGA driver should be choosen by default if no other suitable driver was found.
As the VGA driver is still buggy (you'll get a black screen but FBTest works! So probably a missing or incomplete drawImage(xx) method) I'm leaving this bug open.

BTW, anyone knows about an option to force the use of the VGA driver without removing the others?