Re: Real Text-Mode

["Harald Wopenka" <tdg@gmx.at>]

Hi!
Thanks, sounds good, but Lilo complains about a parameter "video" in
lilo.conf. Did you enter it somewhere else?
regards, Harry

----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Storey" <dial911@venus.seed.net.tw>
To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 11:45 AM
Subject: Re: Real Text-Mode


>
> > On Sun, Jan 05, 2003 at 08:56:41AM +0100, Harald Wopenka wrote:
> > > Does anyone know how to tell debian it should not switch to graphic
> > > mode?(640x480 16 cols) I want it to boot in ordinary textmode, but I
> > > wasn't able to do it. vga=normal in lilo.conf did not work. Using
> > > rdev to alter the kernel file did not work either...
>
> Ah, yes, I asked the same question a few weeks ago on this list, and
> some kind soul responded with the correct answer (sorry, I can't
> remember his name, but I remember his answer).
>
> Rather than "vga=normal", try using this:
>
> video=vga16:off
>
> Don't know exactly why it works, but it works.
>
> regards,
> Robert
>
>
>
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