Re: small screen
--On 06 December 2002 01:12 +0100 Julien Motch <julienmotch@skynet.be>
wrote:
Hi ,
I have just installed a debian 3.0 on my toshiba satelite laptop (
Pentium I 100Mhz) .
It boots un vga mode but nothing is displayed in the screen borders ( +-
3 cm ) . I have tried the combinations cabs 'Fn t' but it does not
change anything .
Any ideas on how to have a full display ?
I'm assuming this is regarding the console, and not X-Windows btw.
Maybe you need to set a vga mode with a mode number? I have this on my
laptop:
vga=792
the rest of the grub line is:
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18 root=/dev/hda4 ro vga=792
I think on lilo you have to do "append = vga=792" - but I am guessing as I
haven't used lilo in a long time.
I believe vga=792 sets it to 1024x768x32bit. There is a file in the kernel
source which lists all the modes (you may have to convert from hex to
decimal - I think the above number is decimal). Check
/usr/src/linux/Documentation...
I assume you know you are in vga mode because you see a penguin?
Regards,
Sid
Thanks to All ,
Julien
Julien Motch
julienmotch@skynet.be
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