On Wed, Jan 06, 1999 at 03:30:12PM +0100, Mark Kettenis wrote: > > The only problem is the vga= option. Because video mode selection is a > bit of a kludge in Linux (it's done before switching the processor to > protected mode) the video mode is encoded in the kernel binary itself > and cannot be changed by means of a command line option. Apparently > LILO knows the location of this information and stuffs in something > else if you use a vga= option. AFAIK GRUB cannot do this. But of > course the vga=normal can be ommitted since it is the default.
True, this is just a kernel parameter, like "mem=". However, I hope we will have much better video adapter support later (done right, not like in the Linux kernel < 2.2, maybe GGI will do it for us). Then we can change the video mode just like svgatextmode does. Working ona 100x37 text terminal with a high refresh rate is just cool. However, this is all low priority :) Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god." Debian GNU/Linux finger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.org master.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09
