On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 10:02:43 -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Hi, > > I reported here on 5/18/2008 that I couldn't use vga=791 with the Debian > 2.6.25 kernel, but *could* with the 2.6.25 from kernel.org. > > Same issue with 2.6.26: vga=791 gets "undefined video mode". Yet it > works fine with 2.6.26 from kernel.org, so it is clearly a Debian issue. > > In the 2 months that have expired noone has been able to shed light on > this Bug#481063. > > Too bad. For me 2.6.26-1-686 is unusable. Hi Hugo If it is of any help, 791 works for me with the Debian 2.6.25 kernel. I had been using 773 (256 bit colour) as I had no need for anything else, but having read your post, I have changed it, rebooted and it appears to be working. Linux trantor 2.6.25-2-686 #1 SMP Fri Jul 18 17:46:56 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux >From menu.lst: # kopt=root=LABEL=root ro vga=791 kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25-2-686 root=LABEL=root ro vga=791 -- Bob Cox. Stoke Gifford, near Bristol, UK. Registered user #445000 with the Linux Counter - http://counter.li.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
