On Sun, 29 Oct 2006 11:40:28 +0100 Kay Smarczewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 28, 2006 at 09:26:56PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On 10/28/06 17:46, Kay Smarczewski wrote: > > > Hey, > > > > > > I have just a little question. > > > > > > How can I change the look of my cursor in my bash running with > > > vesa fb? I use a laptop and if there is much light I will have > > > to search my cursor. So I would prefer some kind of rectangle > > > instead of the line. > > > > > > And where can I make my writing smaller? > > > > > > If you had a good manual it would be also ok to send just the > > > link. I have not just found anything fitting. > > > > > > Best regards, > > > > fbset or console-tools might help. > > Thank you for your answer! > > But I don't really get it working. If have a resolution 1024x768 > althrough WXGA (1280x800) were possible. > I reached this solution on my console (bash) by adding vga=0x316 > to my grub config file menu.lst. I also tried 0x307 but it don't > works: "unknown resolution". > Playing with fbset has no effect. Console-tools seem to be useless > for me because they should not influence my fb, should they? > > What can I do? > > Kay Try vga=790 instead of vga=0x316 and see if that works. Color depth | 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024 -----------------+------------------------------------- 256 (8bit)| 769 771 773 775 32000 (15bit)| 784 787 790 793 65000 (16bit)| 785 788 791 794 16.7 Mill.(24bit)| 786 789 792 795 According to /usr/share/doc/kernel-doc-2.6.8/Documentation/fb/vesafb.txt.gz Lilo can't handle hex so perhaps Grub is unable to also. As far as the cursor (which I was wondering if I could change my self). /usr/share/doc/kernel-doc-2.6.8/Documentation/VGA-softcursor.txt.gz I tried the examples (underline,block and solid block) in one of my consoles and they worked here. Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
