Karsten M. Self wrote: > Adam McDaniel ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Hi, a problem with lilo has been plaguing me for a while and > > I'm wondering if anyone else here has any experience with it. > > > > I've compiled in 'Video Mode Selection Support' into my 2.4.9 > > kernel and everything is alright. Under my lilo.conf file i > > have it set to vga=ask. Upon boot up, I am presented with a > > list of possible video modes, with the option to 'scan' for > > more. > > > > When i do scan, I find one which I would like to make permanent, > > 130x44 0x0133. The problem is that if i set lilo reflect > > vga=0133 and reboot, it fails saying that mode is inactive. > > The values should be in the range of, say, 1-6 or thereabouts.
I think you're missing his point. I also have this problem. I have a spare machine, an old Pentium 90, on which I have set up Linux without X, and so I want to have a good text mode on the console. If I tell LILO to scan for modes, it finds a nice 100x30 mode with the ID 9. But if I configure LILO to use mode 9, it complains that the number is invalid. If I then tell it to scan, it finds mode 9 and will allow me to manually select it. But that's a pain. Why can't it just scan automatically when the desired mode isn't one of the standard ones? I think that's what Adam is asking for. Is there a way to do this, or is LILO just plain stupid in this regard? Craig
