Re: Can't change initial video mode on a 7200

[Mike Fedyk <mfedyk@matchmail.com>]

On Tue, May 22, 2001 at 05:24:06AM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote:
> On Mon, May 21, 2001 at 10:26:48PM -0500, Craig S. Cottingham wrote:
> > I tried to set the initial video mode on my 7200/90 in quik.conf:
> > 
> >     image=/boot/vmlinux-2.2.19
> >         label=Linux
> >         read-only
> >         append=video=platinumfb:vmode:12,cmode:16
> 
> i believe you need to quote that, but not checking the source i may be
> wrong.  try:
> 
> 	append="video=platinumfb:vmode:12,cmode:16"
> 
> > Is there something wrong with my "append=" line in quik.conf? If not,
> > can anyone offer any suggestions on why the Platinum driver isn't
> > picking up the kernel parameters, before I dive into the code,
> > strewing printk()s left and right?
> 
> see above, its of course possible that quik's append system is broken,
> but i somewhat doubt it.  easy way to check:
> 
> cat /proc/cmdline
> 
Append for serial terminal output works perfectly here on 7200 with quik.

Mike