Nick Smith wrote: > First off, I appoligise for writing this from outlook, and thus, I don’t > know if HTML email is turned off or on, but im having a problem I was > hoping one of you could help me with. > > > *I have followed the HOWTO Framebuffer:Bootsplash:Grubsplash at > http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Framebuffer:Bootsplash:Grubsplash > perfectly, and I when I boot I get a message saying that “You passed > an undefined mode number” my lilo.conf is as follows:* > > > *boot=/dev/sda* > > > *prompt* > > > *timeout=10* > > > *default=gentoo_splash* > > > * * > > > *image=/boot/kernel-2.6.11-gentoo-r11b* > > > * label=gentoo_splash* > > > * root=/dev/sda3* > > > * initrd = /boot/initrd-1024x768* > > > * vga = 0x317* > > > * append="video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr splash=silent"* > > > * read-only* > > > * * > > > *image=/boot/kernel-2.6.11-gentoo-r11* > > > * label=gentoo_old* > > > * root=/dev/sda3* > > > * read-only* > > > * * > > > *does there seem to be a problem somewhere? I do have “support for > video mode selection” enabled in the kernel, but that is what the > HOWTO says to do, why would it be undefined?* > > > *Thanks for any and all help* > > > * * > > > *Nick* >
It seems like the vesafb driver isn't working for some reason. You have CONFIG_FB_VESA=y in your kernel config right? What else to you have in the graphics section? Have you tried any of the other video modes listed in linux/Documentation/fb/vesafb.txt? What is the output of "dmesg | grep -i vesa"? Zac -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
