Re: vga16fb console settings
Ditch, Derek P., MO-ARNG, 2002-Aug-15 14:26 -0500:
>
> I have a Toshiba Satellite Pro 410CDT and I compiles a 2.4.19 kernel
> that included the VESA and VGA16 Framebuffer support. The VESAFB
> doesn't load at boot (perhaps the VESA on the PC is too old), but the
> vga16fb loads fine. However, it loads a 640x480 box inside an 800x600
> display. I can use "fbset -g 800 600 800 600 4" to make the console a
> full 800x600 display that is very nice. However, I can't figure out
> how to make this fbset change permanent. Upon reboot, it goes back to
> the 640x480 display. Also, I have to run the the fbset command on
> each tty console.
>
> Any suggestions?
> in your lilo.conf add the option
> vga=791 I think...may be a lower number...check lilo documentation
>
Derek,
I actually tried that, and many other values. None worked.
thanks,
jc
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Jeff Coppock Systems Engineer
Diggin' Debian Admin and User
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