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mach32info(1)		       Svgalib User Manual		   mach32info(1)

NAME
     mach32info - read out configuration information of a Mach32

SYNOPSIS
     mach32info {info|force}

DESCRIPTION
     mach32info  prints out almost all the info about your mach32 card from con-
     figuration registers and Mach32 EEPROM. It also measures the Mach32 clocks.
     A completely idle system is required when these measurements are being per-
     formed. During these measurements, the video signals will be screwed up for
     about 3-4 seconds.

     If your monitor does not switch off when getting a video  signal  it  can't
     stand   (fixed  freq.  monitors)  better  switch  it  off	before	starting
     mach32info. Your computer will beep when it is finished probing.	You  can
     redirect  the  'stdout'  of mach32info to some file for viewing the results
     easier or mailing them.

     Do not redirect 'stderr' as you won't hear the beep.

     This tool is part of svgalib. Although it's output maybe  useful  to  debug
     Xfree86 Mach32 Servers, I am NOT related to Xfree86!  Please do not send me
     (Michael Weller) any Xfree86 bug reports!	Thanx in advance.

     Note that this tool comes without any warranty!  Use it at your own risk!

     Warning,  this  tool does not check for VC changes etc.. Just let it run in
     its own virtual console as root and don't try to fool it.	Actually this is
     due to it not using svgalib at all but simply accessing the Mach32.

     Please report any problems with running mach32info or with configuring  the
     svgalib(7)'s  Mach32  driver  to  Michael	Weller	<eowmob@exp-math.uni-es-
     sen.de>.  Include the results from running this test with your report.

OPTIONS
     info   print out the configuration  information.  Without	info  mach32info
	    prints a usage message (looking almost like this manpage ;-)).

     force  The  force option disables the sanity check that tries to detect the
	    presence of the mach32 prior to printing the information.

	    Do not use this option unless you are really, really sure  that  you
	    have a Mach32 compatible vga card installed.

     This  utility  is part of svgalib and can be found in the mach32/ subdirec-
     tory of the original svgalib distribution. However, it is not installed  by
     default,  s.t.  it is unclear where you can find it if your svgalib was in-
     stall by a linux distribution.

     In case of any such problem, simply get an svgalib  distribution  from  the
     net.  You don't need to install it. Just make in the mach32/ subdirecty. As
     of this writing, svgalib-1.2.12.tar.gz is the latest version and can be re-
     trieved  by  ftp  from  sunsite.unc.edu  at  /pub/Linux/libs/graphics   and
     tsx-11.mit.edu  at /pub/linux/sources/libs which will most probably be mir-
     rored by a site close to you.

SEE ALSO
     svgalib(7), svgalib.mach32(7), vgagl(7), libvga.config(5).

AUTHOR
     This manual page was  edited  by  Michael	Weller	<eowmob@exp-math.uni-es-
     sen.de>.	He  also wrote the referenced utility as well as of the original
     documentation.

Svgalib (>= 1.2.11)		   2 Aug 1997			   mach32info(1)

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