Re: SVGATextMode on Neomagic 256AV(NM2200) ?

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

Nyk Tarr wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 30, 2002 at 05:23:51PM +0800, Tim Wood wrote:
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> > 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...
What a good point!.
No, I had not removed svgatextmode and realised as soon as I read your 
response that that would be the cause. Svgatextmode would have loaded, 
in it's default 80x25 mode, hence switched the previous setting.

I removed it, rebooted, selected the 80x43 (selection 2 on this machine) 
and it remained in the selected mode. It is indeed 80x43 but in quite a 
good character size.

Thanks

Tim

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