Re: SVGATextMode on Neomagic 256AV(NM2200) ?

[Tim Wood <tlwood@iinet.net.au>]

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:)

Tim

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