Re: Real Text-Mode

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

----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Storey" <dial911@venus.seed.net.tw>
To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 6:07 AM
Subject: Re: Real Text-Mode
> On Mon, 6 Jan 2003 03:35:50 +0100
> "Harald Wopenka" <tdg@gmx.at> wrote:
>
> > Hi!
> > Thanks, sounds good, but Lilo complains about a parameter "video" in
> > lilo.conf. Did you enter it somewhere else?
> > regards, Harry
>
> Dear Harry,
>
> I use Grub rather than Lilo. I'd be surprised if this parameter is
> Grub-specific, but anyway, the following is my Debian setting in
> /boot/grub/menu.lst:
>
>   title           Debian
>   root            (hd0,7)
>   kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.19 root=/dev/hda8 ro video=vga16:off
>   savedefault
>
> If you still can't get it to work, perhaps you should show us your
> entire lilo.conf?
>
> regards,
> Robert
>
>

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Thompson" <spooky@cableone.net>
To: "Harald Wopenka" <wopenka@tension-designs.com>
Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 6:22 AM
Subject: Re: Real Text-Mode

> On Sunday 05 January 2003 07:35 pm, Harald Wopenka wrote:
> > Hi!
> > Thanks, sounds good, but Lilo complains about a parameter "video" in
> > lilo.conf. Did you enter it somewhere else?
> > regards, Harry
>
>  My first stanza looks like this:
> =========================
> image=/boot/vmlinuz
> label=linux
> root=/dev/hda5
> initrd=/boot/initrd.img
> append="quiet devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi"
> vga=normal
> read-only
> =========================


Thanks to both of you! - The solution was a mixture of your recommendations:
append="video=vga16:off"

Debian does no longer boot in graphic-mode.

However: It uses 80x50 textmode. - My aim is the 80x25-textmode. I tried to
find a list of possible parameters for "video" in the internet, but didn't
find them. Do you know a source?

Regards,
Harry