Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 02 Apr 2003 16:07:37 -0500 | From | Mike Tangolics <> | Subject | Re: 2.5 Kernel Framebuffer Problems |
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Matthew Hall wrote:
>On Tue, 2003-04-01 at 19:31, mtangolics@rcn.com wrote: > > >>I've had a couple of problems with framebuffer console, when >>compiling several different versions of the 2.5 kernel. I >>included all the FB support, but when I boot up using, LILO >>option, vga=791 or anything about normal, the screen either >>goes black, and the system stops responding or the entire >>screen becomes scrambled. I have an NVidia Geforce4 video >>card if that matters. I've talked to a couple other users >>who have encountered the same problem. It's most likely just >>a stupid mistake on my part, but any help would be extremely >>appreciated. >> >> > >What does your lilo.conf line for 2.5 look like? >You may need to append some video information, eg. > >append="video=rivafb,xres:1024,yres:768,bpp:8" > >Matt > > My lilo.conf line looks this generally: I left out the minor numbers because I don't have a specific kernel running right now..
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.5 root = /dev/hdb2 label = Linux-2.5 read-only
plus at the top: vga=791
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