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SubjectRe: Intel x86 Kernel Console irregularity
On Fri, Aug 06, 1999 at 03:32:08PM +0100, Tom Gallagher wrote:
> I know this doesn't happen very often but:-
>
> If the BIOS (or Boot ROM) leaves the screen not in the normal 80x25 text
> mode (in my case the screen was in 80x50 mode) then when the kernel boots it
> thinks the screen only has 25 lines so will scroll at line 25 rather than
> 50. The console is then totally messed up and no amount of setfont will

How about using vga = normal in /etc/lilo.conf?
man lilo.conf

You may have a look at
* restoretextmode
* SVGATextMode
* fbcon (/usr/src/linux/Documentation/svga.txt, fb/*)

Regards,
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Kurt Garloff <garloff@suse.de> Wuppertal, FRG
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