RE: Laptop install, console screen small
| In this case X is not a problem, just the tty consoles. I can't
| get them to
| fill the entire screen. I do get all 80x25, 80x34, or whatever
| resolution,
| just in a reduced screen size.
|
| Any ideas?
How about using frame buffer. There was a discussion about the various
tweakages back in October about all the nasty settings, but the short idea
is to compile frame buffer support into your kernel and put a vga={hex
number go here} into your lilo.conf, run lilo, reboot, and see what
happens..
HTH,
Brooks
| > Both Laptops are DELL, this one a C600 Latitude.
| >
| > My console screens are the little screens that
| > appear with the thick black
| > boarders. I haven't been able to get the console to
| > fill the entire laptop
| > screen. I have installed the 'unstable' distro and
| > using the 2.4.14 kernel
| > with DRI and FrameBuffers (thought that maybe it
| > would help).
| >
| > Does anyone know how to get the console to fill the
| > screen?
| >
| > Thanks for your time,
| >
| >
| > -Craig
| >
| >
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