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Date:	Wed, 3 Jul 2002 11:22:10 PST7
From:	"Steven Levine" <steve53@earthlink.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Basic Help

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In <3D2345AF.3E919D39@attglobal.net>, on 07/03/02
at 10:43 AM, Harry Chris Motin said:

>He said that his Voodoo video driver did not load. That being true, what
>would he have gotten on the monitor after the system booted up??

Perhaps, I misunderstood. I thought he said his Voodoo driver was not
detected. If that happened, the default would be VGA or perhaps SVGA at
640x480x16. As you say, ugly, but usable.

>If he is going to reinstall, I believe he should install in VGA, not
>SVGA. That way, he will have an ugly, but working video. Then, right

Think of SVGA as an enhanced VGA. It's still a generic driver. These
days, most adapters will support it.

Steven

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