Am Sam, 2002-12-14 um 23.28 schrieb cmustard: > I run debian woody 3.0 on a old toshiba satellite 335cds. > I just compiled a new kernel and all seems to be well except the text size and > style within console mode (i.e not X). Previously, when i boot i get a > quick flash of text that prints to the far left of the screen, after that > i get another 'quick flash' then all the usuall boot messages but they are > nicely formatted in the center of the screen and have a nicer smaller font. > > the new kernel starts with the large font formatted all the way to the left > of the screen and it stays there, even after booting. > > I mean all in all this is a minor thing but i don't know how to control/ > alter this behavior and i would really like to. > > If i boot to the old kernel the text goes back to being well formatted. > > lilo.conf has vga=normal, same as before. >
I'd say you have to add framebuffer support to your kernel. -- Matthias Hentges [www.hentges.net] -> PGP + HTML are welcome ICQ: 97 26 97 4 -> No files, no URLs My OS: Debian Woody: Geek by Nature, Linux by Choice -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
