On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 2:42 AM, Chris Jones <cjns1...@gmail.com> wrote: > This should get you up to speed re: the fb console: > > http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Framebuffer-HOWTO.html
I had already looked at that document up to the point where it says: "Reboot the kernel, and as a simple test, try entering 0301 at the VGA prompt (this will give you 640x480 @ 256), and you should be able to see a cute little Penguin logo." This didn't work (I got an error message saying that this mode was unavailable). I just rechecked the HOWTO and saw that there are many more possible modes, and they are all of the (hexadecimal) form 0x###, not (octal) 0###, maybe that's why it didn't work. Maybe omitting the 'x' is a mis-print in the HOWTO, or maybe it's just the 0301 mode that doesn't work on my card. I'll try again whan I get to the machine. Thanks, robert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
