Re: SVGATextMode on Neomagic 256AV(NM2200) ?
On Wed, Oct 30, 2002 at 05:23:51PM +0800, Tim Wood wrote:
> Jens Muessig wrote:
>
> >Hi,
> >I had the same problem with my TP600 and NM chip. Now I don't use
> >svgatextmode at all.
> >Just add a line to /etc/lilo.conf, like
> >vga 791
> >This is 1204x768, 16bpp. (see the table below)
> >Video Modes 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024
> >8 bpp (256 colors) 769 771 773 775
> >16 bpp (64K colors) 785 788 791 794
> >32 bpp (16M colors) 786 789 792 795
> >
> >Don't forget to use /sbin/lilo.
> >
> >Jens
> >
>
> Thanks for that.
>
> I tried with 791 but got a blank screen. Waited for all the "noises" to
> stop, logged on blind and started X. Then changed the setting to "ask".
>
> I selected the 80x43 and got a display that was around 120 char wide.
> Half way through the boot process it switched back to the standard 80x25!
> More reading and thinking required I feel:)
>
Did you remember to uninstall svgatextmode?
I think Jens was probably using the linux framebuffer console. I have no
idea if this is in the stock kernel, but I'd guess not.
Rolling your own kernel isn't too tricky, using kernel-package should be safer...
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