On Wed, Mar 08, 2000 at 09:13:14AM -0500, Aaron Solochek wrote: > > Ok, I have a matrox g400, and all I want is the nice looking 1024x768 > console. I can get this using the append="video=matrox:vesa:280" in > lilo.conf. However, this stops working as soon as I enter X, and then > try to either exit, or switch to another virtual console. I don't > understant where ther 280 value comes from, for beginners. This is my > first attempt at learning about frame buffers, so if there is a good > source somewhere, please point me to it.
I don't know much about the framebuffer code, but the 280 is a decimal equivalent of the hexadecimal number 0x118. I got that out of the <kernel>/Documentation/fb/matroxfb.txt file -- had to do the conversion myself. I haven't had this video corruption problem... Somebody mentioned it might be BIOS related. My BIOS is probably going on two years old, so... > I should also mention that I have a viewsonic PT775 monitor, which can > do 1600x1200, and will auto track horix from 30-96khz, and vert from > 50-160khz, so I can't imagine I'm out of range. > > Trying to use fbset doesn't work either, I'm missing something > fundemental here. Don't know, don't use it... -- +----------------------------------------------------+ | Eric G. Miller egm2@jps.net | | GnuPG public key: http://www.jps.net/egm2/gpg.asc | +----------------------------------------------------+
