On Tue, 2003-02-25 at 20:44, Daniel L. Miller wrote: > I'm encountering a few problems with this product - on two different > machines (with the same kind of video card) > > In MODCONF, there's an option for framebuffers. If I choose to install > the Rage 128 - my screen goes "nuts". If I memorized the keystrokes, I > can remove the framebuffer module and get my display back - otherwise > it's reinstall time.
You can deactivate the framebuffer passing the appropriate boot arguments to the kernel (hit shift in lilo, and type something like "(Name of the boot image) video=vga". I'm not sure about the boot parameters, though; read the kernel documentation found in Documentation/fb. > Why is this happening to me - and do I need/want the framebuffer module > anyway? Only if you want the console to be displayed in graphic mode. I don't like it. YMMV. > Daniel Aaron Isotton [ http://www.isotton.com ] -- Love to eat them mousies, Mousies I love to eat. Bite they little heads off, Nibble at they tiny feet. -- Kliban -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
