Benedict Verheyen declaimed: > ------------------------ > Vineet Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ------------------------ > > >* Benedict Verheyen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030609 09:26]: > >> Hi, > >> > >> i specified vga=9 in my lilo.conf, ran lilo and then > >> rebooted. I know this mode is possible because i first > >> did a vga=ask and scanned for the available modes. > >> Now, it complains that it doesn't know this mode so i > >> have to do a scan first and then it adds the newly > >> found modes to the list so i can select them. > >> How can i make those newly found modes persistent so > >> i don't have to do a scan every time i boot. > > > >Since the numbers are different after you choose scan, I find it more > >sane to use one of the hexadecimal mode numbers, which don't depend on > >the order of the menu displayed by vga=ask. These are documented in > >Documentation/svga.txt and Documentation/fb/vesafb.txt. > > I'll check those docs. However, i haven't installed framebuffer > support since i don't know what it actually does.
You don't need it to use the "vga= " argument. > Am i correct in understanding that with vesa framebuffer enabled, my > text consoles would look nicer (and my startup would include a penguin > logo :-) ) ? Yes, but there's a caveat that people don't often mention, which is that the top 5 or so lines of the screen (where the penguin appears) can subsequently have drawing problems, which sucks if you're trying to read man pages. > However, i would not want to use the vesafb for X as i > have my nvidia drivers handling everything. Is this possible? X won't use the framebuffer device unless you tell it to; installing the framebuffer support should have no effect on X by default. My experience: running the framebuffer shows the cute penguin and the fonts are smoother, but I've quit using it because I almost alwasy run X, and I've had the framebuffer show me a blank screen after quitting out of X (very annoying) whereas this has never happened when running without it. HTH, Paul -- Paul Mackinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
