Re: virtual terminal not working compaq armada

2003-11-09 Thread juan
Peter Baker wrote: hi, i have a compaq armada with debian installed x runs fine, but i when i switch to a virtual terminal ctrl alt f1, ctrl alt f2, etc , i get colored stripes down the screen, its just a mess. is this anything to do with my X settings? surely not? is there any setting that chan

Re: virtual terminal not working compaq armada

2003-11-07 Thread navaja
z> Try booting with the parameter vga=normal or vga=791, and see if it solves your problem. If it does, add it to your /etc/lilo.conf (or what boot loader you are using), and run /sbin/lilo. even thought that solved the problem, i seem to get the same problem again now... i have been installing ne

Re: virtual terminal not working compaq armada

2003-11-06 Thread Greg Madden
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 05 November 2003 06:06 pm, Alexander Schmehl wrote: > [ sending mail to the list, since it might be worth to be kept in the > archive ] > > Good morning, > > * navaja <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [031105 16:07]: > > thanks, changing to vga=791 work

Re: virtual terminal not working compaq armada

2003-11-05 Thread Alexander Schmehl
[ sending mail to the list, since it might be worth to be kept in the archive ] Good morning, * navaja <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [031105 16:07]: > thanks, changing to vga=791 worked... what does it do? You can run the Text-Console in different graphic modes. That is called "framebuffer mode". With v

Re: virtual terminal not working compaq armada

2003-11-05 Thread navaja
Try booting with the parameter vga=normal or vga=791, and see if it solves your problem. If it does, add it to your /etc/lilo.conf (or what boot loader you are using), and run /sbin/lilo. thanks, changing to vga=791 worked... what does it do? pete -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: virtual terminal not working compaq armada

2003-11-05 Thread John Stevenson
i have a compaq armada with debian installed x runs fine, but i when i switch to a virtual terminal ctrl alt f1, ctrl alt f2, etc , i get colored stripes down the screen, its just a mess. is this anything to do with my X settings? surely not? is there any setting that changes how the virtual t

Re: virtual terminal not working compaq armada

2003-11-05 Thread Alexander Schmehl
* Peter Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [031105 12:16]: > i have a compaq armada with debian installed > x runs fine, but i when i switch to a virtual terminal ctrl alt f1, ctrl > alt f2, etc , i get colored stripes down the screen, its just a mess. is > this anything to do with my X settings? surely