Re: cdrw/dvd, hdparm, and ide-scsi

2003-01-31 Thread Russell Coker
On Fri, 31 Jan 2003 17:55, Thorsten Hirsch wrote: > > In the documentation for framebuffer (I think -- sorry it was a couple > > of days ago that I read it) it seems to say something like "if you set a > > video mode other than VGA-standard in your lilo.conf, you will not be > > able to switch to a

Re: cdrw/dvd, hdparm, and ide-scsi

2003-01-31 Thread Russell Coker
On Fri, 31 Jan 2003 17:55, Thorsten Hirsch wrote: > > In the documentation for framebuffer (I think -- sorry it was a couple > > of days ago that I read it) it seems to say something like "if you set a > > video mode other than VGA-standard in your lilo.conf, you will not be > > able to switch to a

Re: cdrw/dvd, hdparm, and ide-scsi

2003-01-31 Thread Thorsten Hirsch
Soren A wrote: In the documentation for framebuffer (I think -- sorry it was a couple of days ago that I read it) it seems to say something like "if you set a video mode other than VGA-standard in your lilo.conf, you will not be able to switch to another video mode later (after login)". I couldn

Re: cdrw/dvd, hdparm, and ide-scsi

2003-01-31 Thread Thorsten Hirsch
Soren A wrote: In the documentation for framebuffer (I think -- sorry it was a couple of days ago that I read it) it seems to say something like "if you set a video mode other than VGA-standard in your lilo.conf, you will not be able to switch to another video mode later (after login)". I couldn'

Re: cdrw/dvd, hdparm, and ide-scsi

2003-01-28 Thread Soren A
Thorsten Hirsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote around 26 Jan 2003 news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > cyn wrote: >> indeed I have compiled it in - kernel 2.4.20, but it doesn't show up >> any differently - are you sure your append matches that exactly? > > In my lilo.conf, under the section of my kernel, it

Re: cdrw/dvd, hdparm, and ide-scsi

2003-01-28 Thread Soren A
Thorsten Hirsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote around 26 Jan 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > cyn wrote: >> indeed I have compiled it in - kernel 2.4.20, but it doesn't show up >> any differently - are you sure your append matches that exactly? > > In my lilo.conf, under the secti

Re: cdrw/dvd, hdparm, and ide-scsi

2003-01-26 Thread Frank Trenkamp
Hi, > figure a way to use burning with it still in ide mode - this could be a > weird bunch of stuff, or perhaps using ide-scsi as a module and somehow > forcing reinit of /dev/hdc (is this possible? seems like the best method) actually, lately on freshmeat a new release of cdrecord was announced

Re: cdrw/dvd, hdparm, and ide-scsi

2003-01-26 Thread Frank Trenkamp
Hi, > figure a way to use burning with it still in ide mode - this could be a > weird bunch of stuff, or perhaps using ide-scsi as a module and somehow > forcing reinit of /dev/hdc (is this possible? seems like the best method) actually, lately on freshmeat a new release of cdrecord was announced

Re: cdrw/dvd, hdparm, and ide-scsi

2003-01-26 Thread Thorsten Hirsch
cyn wrote: indeed I have compiled it in - kernel 2.4.20, but it doesn't show up any differently - are you sure your append matches that exactly? In my lilo.conf, under the section of my kernel, it says -- append="video=sisfb:mode:1024x768x16,mem:12288" -- I've got X with DFI and the

Re: cdrw/dvd, hdparm, and ide-scsi

2003-01-26 Thread Thorsten Hirsch
cyn wrote: indeed I have compiled it in - kernel 2.4.20, but it doesn't show up any differently - are you sure your append matches that exactly? In my lilo.conf, under the section of my kernel, it says -- append="video=sisfb:mode:1024x768x16,mem:12288" -- I've got X with DFI and the w

Re: cdrw/dvd, hdparm, and ide-scsi

2003-01-26 Thread cyn
indeed I have compiled it in - kernel 2.4.20, but it doesn't show up any differently - are you sure your append matches that exactly? I tried various combinations figuring I must have typed something wrong. I've got X with DFI and the whole 'shebang' working and playing DVDs - so I know the sisfb

Re: cdrw/dvd, hdparm, and ide-scsi

2003-01-26 Thread cyn
indeed I have compiled it in - kernel 2.4.20, but it doesn't show up any differently - are you sure your append matches that exactly? I tried various combinations figuring I must have typed something wrong. I've got X with DFI and the whole 'shebang' working and playing DVDs - so I know the sisfb

Re: cdrw/dvd, hdparm, and ide-scsi

2003-01-26 Thread Thorsten Hirsch
On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 12:48:17PM -0500, cyn wrote: video=sisfb:mode:1024x768x16,mem:12288 This is a special parameter that can only be used if you have compiled your kernel with the sis framebuffer driver from www.winischhofer.net. It supports sis chipsets only and works for me very wel

Re: cdrw/dvd, hdparm, and ide-scsi

2003-01-26 Thread Thorsten Hirsch
On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 12:48:17PM -0500, cyn wrote: video=sisfb:mode:1024x768x16,mem:12288 This is a special parameter that can only be used if you have compiled your kernel with the sis framebuffer driver from www.winischhofer.net. It supports sis chipsets only and works for me very well

Re: cdrw/dvd, hdparm, and ide-scsi

2003-01-25 Thread Frank Scott
On Sat, Jan 25, 2003 at 06:16:32PM +, Soren A wrote: > Bob Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote around 23 Jan 2003 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > > On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 12:48:17PM -0500, cyn wrote: > >> > >> Oh, one last thing - shouldn't a high-resolution console look > >

Re: cdrw/dvd, hdparm, and ide-scsi

2003-01-25 Thread Frank Scott
On Sat, Jan 25, 2003 at 06:16:32PM +, Soren A wrote: > Bob Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote around 23 Jan 2003 > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > > On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 12:48:17PM -0500, cyn wrote: > >> > >> Oh, one last thing - shouldn't a high-resolution console look > >> different? I have

Re: cdrw/dvd, hdparm, and ide-scsi

2003-01-25 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Sat, Jan 25, 2003 at 06:16:32PM +, Soren A wrote: > Bob Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote around 23 Jan 2003 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > > On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 12:48:17PM -0500, cyn wrote: > >> > >> Oh, one last thing - shouldn't a high-resolution console look > >

Re: cdrw/dvd, hdparm, and ide-scsi

2003-01-25 Thread Russell Coker
On Sat, 25 Jan 2003 19:16, Soren A wrote: > > Try "vga=791". > > Since I cannot see any obvious correlation between this "791" and the > parameters given above (which I didn't know one could do, having just read > everything on LILO I could get my hands on, 12 hours ago), could you please > elabora

Re: cdrw/dvd, hdparm, and ide-scsi

2003-01-25 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Sat, Jan 25, 2003 at 06:16:32PM +, Soren A wrote: > Bob Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote around 23 Jan 2003 > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > > On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 12:48:17PM -0500, cyn wrote: > >> > >> Oh, one last thing - shouldn't a high-resolution console look > >> different? I have

Re: cdrw/dvd, hdparm, and ide-scsi

2003-01-25 Thread Russell Coker
On Sat, 25 Jan 2003 19:16, Soren A wrote: > > Try "vga=791". > > Since I cannot see any obvious correlation between this "791" and the > parameters given above (which I didn't know one could do, having just read > everything on LILO I could get my hands on, 12 hours ago), could you please > elabora

Re: cdrw/dvd, hdparm, and ide-scsi

2003-01-25 Thread Soren A
Bob Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote around 23 Jan 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 12:48:17PM -0500, cyn wrote: >> >> Oh, one last thing - shouldn't a high-resolution console look >> different? I have sisfb compiled in and my append includes: >> v

Re: cdrw/dvd, hdparm, and ide-scsi

2003-01-25 Thread Soren A
Bob Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote around 23 Jan 2003 news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 12:48:17PM -0500, cyn wrote: >> >> Oh, one last thing - shouldn't a high-resolution console look >> different? I have sisfb compiled in and my append includes: >> video=sisfb:mode:1024

Re: cdrw/dvd, hdparm, and ide-scsi

2003-01-23 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 12:48:17PM -0500, cyn wrote: > > Oh, one last thing - shouldn't a high-resolution console look different? I > have sisfb compiled in and my append includes: > video=sisfb:mode:1024x768x16,mem:12288 > which seems to me like it should be setting the console to a high >

Re: cdrw/dvd, hdparm, and ide-scsi

2003-01-23 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 12:48:17PM -0500, cyn wrote: > > Oh, one last thing - shouldn't a high-resolution console look different? I > have sisfb compiled in and my append includes: > video=sisfb:mode:1024x768x16,mem:12288 > which seems to me like it should be setting the console to a high >

cdrw/dvd, hdparm, and ide-scsi

2003-01-23 Thread cyn
So I got a new laptop recently (the aforementioned Sotec 3120x, howto will be coming in a bit time permitting) and I was going around setting everything up and optimizing - as one is want to do. I got dvd playback working - the audio would have to resync every couple of seconds - so I used hdparm

cdrw/dvd, hdparm, and ide-scsi

2003-01-23 Thread cyn
So I got a new laptop recently (the aforementioned Sotec 3120x, howto will be coming in a bit time permitting) and I was going around setting everything up and optimizing - as one is want to do. I got dvd playback working - the audio would have to resync every couple of seconds - so I used hdparm