Re: Framebuffer Console ???

[Pat Mahoney <patmahoney@gmx.net>]

On Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 07:49:36PM -0400, Christopher W. Aiken wrote:
> When I played with the RH and Slackware flavors
> of Linux, I could add the following lines to
> my lilo.conf file to get a nice looking bootup
> screen and a much better resolution on my console
> screens.
> 
> # VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x64k
> vga=791

It's not compiled into the kernel.  I'm not sure what the variables are
called, but in menuconfig, you must enable (in Console Drivers):

  VGA textmode (even though you'll be using framebuffer)
  Video Mode slection support
  Support for framebuffer devices

  * Either generic VESA fb, or one specific to your card

  Advanced Low level drivers

(well, I guess the low level drivers get selected automatically.  For
kgicon, you must include them all.  But if regular fbcon works for you
don't need kgicon...)

> 
> Is there any way to do this in Debian 2.2?  
> The Debian lilo objects to the 791 value.
> 
> ---                                   
> Christopher W. Aiken, Scenery Hill, Pa, USA
> chris at cwaiken dot com,   www.cwaiken.com
> Current O/S: Debian 2.2 GNU/Linux
> 
> 

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Pat Mahoney	<patmahoney@gmx.net>

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