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Re: specifying vga mode in lilo



* Benedict Verheyen (benedict.verheyen@pandora.be) [030609 09:26]:
> Hi,
> 
> i specified vga=9 in my lilo.conf, ran lilo and then
> rebooted. I know this mode is possible because i first
> did a vga=ask and scanned for the available modes.
> Now, it complains that it doesn't know this mode so i
> have to do a scan first and then it adds the newly
> found modes to the list so i can select them.
> How can i make those newly found modes persistent so
> i don't have to do a scan every time i boot.

Since the numbers are different after you choose scan, I find it more
sane to use one of the hexadecimal mode numbers, which don't depend on
the order of the menu displayed by vga=ask.  These are documented in
Documentation/svga.txt and Documentation/fb/vesafb.txt.

good times,
Vineet
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