Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 02 Nov 2000 05:23:09 -0500 | From | Jeff Garzik <> |
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Narancs 1 wrote: > I used to start vesafb like this: > /etc/lilo.conf: > vga=317
> I want to start the kernel in 1024x768 16 bit > How to do it? > I've read Doc*/fb/vesafb.txt
vga takes a decimal number, but the number in vesafb.txt is hexidecimal. Let us convert 0x317 to decimal:
[jgarzik@rum linux_2_4]$ perl -e 'printf "%d\n", 0x317;' 791
So, use "vga=791" in your lilo.conf.
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