ahmm.. don't think so :-)
thanks anyway.
Oded
P.S.
what about the 'textmode' script ?
..
Fingle's laws for existentialists -
14.In specifications, Murphy's Law supersedes ohm's.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Adi Stav" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Oded Arbel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "Linux-IL mailing list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 20:20
Subject: Re: Some more console questions.
> On Tue, Jan 02, 2001 at 08:07:09PM +0200, Oded Arbel wrote:
> > Hi list
> >
> > I botched my lilo config and forgot to setup vga=788 when I upgraded my
> > kernel. now I'm stuck in 25x80, and I really don't want to reboot
again. I
> > tried probing the man pages for a way to change my console to the
extended
> > vga mode, but to no avail. can you give me some pointers please ?
>
>
> IIRC, the kernel changes text modes using the BIOS VESA calls, which
> can only be read in protected mode (read: during boot). So I think you
> can't.
>
> The situation is probably different if you are using frame buffer.
>
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