Re: Framebuffer console - chrooted Debian install

2004-12-06 Thread cga
Andrea Vettorello wrote: Ah ok, so no configuration script that i'm aware of. I mean, you can configure your boot loader (Grub or Lilo) to pass the needed option to the kernel to enable the framebuffer with resolution, depth, draw strategies and so on, or if 60 Hz refresh rate is enough for you, yo

Re: Framebuffer console - chrooted Debian install

2004-12-06 Thread Otto Wyss
cga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Probably you need to install at least "fbset" package. > > > > > No, I was referring to a Debian config script. The switch to graphical > console takes place very early on in the boot process and the code has > to be a functional part of the kernel (compiled-in

Re: Framebuffer console - chrooted Debian install

2004-12-06 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 15:45:40 -0500, cga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andrea Vettorello wrote: > > > > Thanks much for your reply. > > >In /boot you should find the config used to compile the kernel, i'm > >not quite sure if is the same for Woody, anyway you can look in > >/usr/share/doc/kernel-

Re: Framebuffer console - chrooted Debian install

2004-12-06 Thread cga
Andrea Vettorello wrote: Thanks much for your reply. In /boot you should find the config used to compile the kernel, i'm not quite sure if is the same for Woody, anyway you can look in /usr/share/doc/kernel-image-2.4-X where you should find all the info you need. About the only place I didn't thin

Re: Framebuffer console - chrooted Debian install

2004-12-06 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 15:31:10 -0500, cga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I followed the directions in the Debian installation manual (section > 3.7) to install woody from an existing RedHat system and everything went > very smoothly. The only annoyance is that the graphical console was not > enabled by