Re: Lilo and vga=mode Question

2000-11-03 Thread kmself
on Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 01:45:34AM -0600, will trillich ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 09:57:55PM -0500, David Bellows wrote: > > The numbers in the second column are in hex. The proper way to specify > > hex for lilo would be (for you specifically): > > vga=0x0122 > > is t

Re: Lilo and vga=mode Question

2000-11-03 Thread will trillich
On Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 12:33:21AM -0900, Ethan Benson wrote: > On Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 01:45:34AM -0600, will trillich wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 09:57:55PM -0500, David Bellows wrote: > > > The numbers in the second column are in hex. The proper way to specify > > > hex for lilo would be

Re: Lilo and vga=mode Question

2000-11-03 Thread Peter Palfrader
Hi Christopher! On Fri, 03 Nov 2000, Christopher W. Aiken wrote: > On Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 03:56:36AM +0100, Peter Palfrader wrote: > -|vga=290 should work. > > Thanks !!! That worked. Where did you find docu on this stuff? > I must have tried "man" on everything I could think of. /usr/src/l

Re: Lilo and vga=mode Question

2000-11-03 Thread Christopher W. Aiken
On Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 03:56:36AM +0100, Peter Palfrader wrote: -|Hi Christopher! -| -|On Thu, 02 Nov 2000, Christopher W. Aiken wrote: -| -|> 9 0122 100x30 -| -|> BTW... I have tried all the modes and they all work for me. -|> I just want to automatically start in "mode=9". -| -|If you had rea

Re: Lilo and vga=mode Question

2000-11-03 Thread ha shao
On Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 12:50:55AM -0900, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > fbset should do the job. But when I run fbset on my debian 2.2 > > box, it said: "open /dev/fb0: no such device" but I have: > > > > crw--w--w-1 root tty 29, 0 Jul 6 01:44 /dev/fb0 > > crw--w--w-1 roo

Re: Lilo and vga=mode Question

2000-11-03 Thread Ethan Benson
On Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 05:33:29PM +0800, ha shao wrote: > On Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 01:45:34AM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > is there any way to change the console resolution after boot? > > > > or are we stuck with a microso~1 - like 'windont has detected > > that you moved your mouse;

Re: Lilo and vga=mode Question

2000-11-03 Thread ha shao
On Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 01:45:34AM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > is there any way to change the console resolution after boot? > > or are we stuck with a microso~1 - like 'windont has detected > that you moved your mouse; would you like to reboot now?' > fbset should do the job. But when

Re: Lilo and vga=mode Question

2000-11-03 Thread Ethan Benson
On Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 01:45:34AM -0600, will trillich wrote: > On Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 09:57:55PM -0500, David Bellows wrote: > > The numbers in the second column are in hex. The proper way to specify > > hex for lilo would be (for you specifically): > > vga=0x0122 > > is there any way to chang

Re: Lilo and vga=mode Question

2000-11-03 Thread will trillich
On Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 09:57:55PM -0500, David Bellows wrote: > The numbers in the second column are in hex. The proper way to specify > hex for lilo would be (for you specifically): > vga=0x0122 is there any way to change the console resolution after boot? or are we stuck with a microso~1 - li

Re: Lilo and vga=mode Question

2000-11-02 Thread Peter Palfrader
Hi Christopher! On Thu, 02 Nov 2000, Christopher W. Aiken wrote: > 9 0122 100x30 > BTW... I have tried all the modes and they all work for me. > I just want to automatically start in "mode=9". If you had read the docs carefully, you would have read somewhere, that this "0122" is hex but lilo

Re: Lilo and vga=mode Question

2000-11-02 Thread David Bellows
Hello, > > 7 0100 40x25 > 8 0121 100x25 > 9 0122 100x30 > a 0123 132x25 > b 0133 132x44 > > I would like "mode 9". I tried to put "vga=9" and "vga=0122" > into my lilo file but when I re-boot, I'm told I chose an > invalid mode. How can I get the mode that I want w/o using > "vga=ask

Lilo and vga=mode Question

2000-11-02 Thread Christopher W. Aiken
I placed a "vga=ask" line in my Debian 2.2 lilo.conf file and re-ran lilo. When I re-boot, lilo askes me for video mode. I press "enter" and the following seven modes are listed: 0 0F00 80x25 1 0F01 80x50 2 0F02 80x43 3 0F03 80x28 4 0F05 80x30 5 0F06 80x34 6 0F07 80x69 Then a ques