On Thu, Sep 20, 2001 at 07:35:35PM -0400, Stephen Gran wrote: | Thus spake dman: | > On Thu, Sep 20, 2001 at 04:47:18PM -0400, Stephen Gran wrote: | > | Thus spake dman: | > | > On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 09:03:09PM -0600, Dave Thayer wrote: | > | > | On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 05:10:55PM -0700, Vineet Kumar wrote: | > | > | > * Steve Gran ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010918 16:23]: | > | > | [...] | > | > | > > for. However, fbset 1024x760-60 works just fine. Am i just feeding the | > | > | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 1st clue! | > | > | If fbset works then you must not be using the vesafb driver, all you | > | > | would get is an error message with vesafb | > | > | > | > What would allow fbset to work? I am curios since I recently started | > | > using the framebuffer stuff. I have an SiS6326 card so I think the | > | > vesafb driver is the only one I can use. | > | | > | Hey check out this link - | > | http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Framebuffer-HOWTO-5.html | > | It looks like you're right, the vesafb option is the one you want. Good | > | luck with it. | > | > I have and have read that doc. I don't think it talks much about | > fbset though. I seem to recall seeing fbset breifly mentioned | > elsewhere. I was wondering what sort of setup would allow fbset to | > change the settings. | | I'm sorry, I can't help you there - I take it your getting nowhere with | editing lilo?
Nope -- I don't use lilo <wink>. I can set the mode _at boot time only_ through configuring grub, but I wanted to be able to change it without a reboot. -D
