-> > Eric House ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): -> > > Can I rebuild the kernal to use my entire display? -> > > -> > > My hamm-equipped laptop has an 800x600 screen. When in console mode -> > > it uses only the middle of the screen for an 80x24 display -- even -> > > though there's room on the screen for at least 120x32. -> > -> > try adding vga=extended or vga=ask to your boot-prompt -> -> I'd also suggest taking a look at 'SVGATextmode' and see if your video -> card's chipset is supported. If SVGATextmode can work on your system, -> it will allow you to change textmodes without rebooting, i.e., allowing -> you to switch from 80x25 to a custom mode and back.
Yes SVGATextmode is nice; but adding "vga=..." into lilo.conf is nice too; for example I have "vga=0xf05" for having 30 lines on screen which is very nice for me. -- Matus "fantomas" Uhlar, sysadmin at NETLAB+ Kosice, Slovakia BIC coord for *.sk; admin of netlab.irc.sk; co-admin of irc.felk.cvut.cz
