Is there any config parameter to prevent the console tools from
changing the screen size -- I use things like vga=15440 at boot time, but if I
allow the console-screen.sh to execute, I get some very reduced
dimensions, anyway to tell it to leave it alone?

on Friday 12/24/2004 martin f krafft([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote
 > also sprach Andrea Vettorello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004.12.23.1426 +0100]:
 > > You can try to look in /etc/console-tools/config
 > 
 > Good hint,
 >   BLANK_TIME=0
 >   POWERDOWN_TIME=0
 >   BLANK_DPMS=on
 > did the trick.
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > also sprach Dave Ewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004.12.23.1434 +0100]:
 > > setterm -blank 0
 > > setterm -powerdown 0
 > > setterm -powersave off
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > also sprach David Raleigh Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004.12.23.1636 +0100]:
 > > > I have a 2.6.5 machine in my basement, with CONFIG_PM disabled.
 > > > Unfortunately, it started freezing on me recently,
 > > 
 > > Check the cpu fan?  daveA
 > 
 > Freezing, not overheating. :)
 > 
 > Anyway, I found the problem and now the machine is stable again. It
 > has an nForce2 chipset with one of those "standards, what's that?"
 > diletant implementations of the LAPIC. Passing 'nolapic' at boot
 > takes the broken local APIC out and makes the system stable again.
 > 
 > I had previously replaced grub's menu.lst with a new version and
 > forgot to add the parameter. Doh.
 > 
 > Thanks for your time!
 > 
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