On Thu, Jul 17, 2003 at 02:50:42PM +0200, Sebastian Henschel wrote: > > * Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-07-17 14:46 +0200]: > > > > I have a Clevo 630 laptop with a SIS 650 VGA chipset. The maximum resolution > > it can run is 1400 X 1050. As far as I know this is not one of the > > "standard" resolutions with the height being the odd one out. I have tried > > to install debian 3 on it but I have this problem. It seems Linux picks the > > resolution up of the screen based on the width and when it starts loading > > and also when it runs in text mode, the bottom third of the text is always > > dropped off the bottom of the screen. I though of loading X on it but Debian > > doesn't have drivers for the SIS 650 as a standard and I am finding it a bit > > tricky guessing what paramator it is asking for when the text is off the > > bottom. > > if you use the debian default kernel 2.4.18-bf2.4 you can pass the > parameter "vga=791" at the boot prompt of lilo to activate a framebuffer > resolution of 1024x768 on the console. >
I use vga=828 for the framebuffer settings on my 1400x1050 Thinkpad T21. -- Frank Scott Sutton,London
