On Wed, Oct 30, 2002 at 05:23:51PM +0800, Tim Wood wrote: > Jens Muessig wrote: > > >Hi, > >I had the same problem with my TP600 and NM chip. Now I don't use > >svgatextmode at all. > >Just add a line to /etc/lilo.conf, like > >vga 791 > >This is 1204x768, 16bpp. (see the table below) > >Video Modes 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024 > >8 bpp (256 colors) 769 771 773 775 > >16 bpp (64K colors) 785 788 791 794 > >32 bpp (16M colors) 786 789 792 795 > > > >Don't forget to use /sbin/lilo. > > > >Jens > > > > Thanks for that. > > I tried with 791 but got a blank screen. Waited for all the "noises" to > stop, logged on blind and started X. Then changed the setting to "ask". > > I selected the 80x43 and got a display that was around 120 char wide. > Half way through the boot process it switched back to the standard 80x25! > More reading and thinking required I feel:) >
Did you remember to uninstall svgatextmode? I think Jens was probably using the linux framebuffer console. I have no idea if this is in the stock kernel, but I'd guess not. Rolling your own kernel isn't too tricky, using kernel-package should be safer... -- /__ \_|\/ /\
