[TriLUG] X-config question

[Chris Merrill]

Thanks Ben!
That was it...the link you provided was exactly what I
needed. Now if I can only find the right X-driver :>

Benjamin Reed wrote:
> 
> Chris Merrill [cmerrill at nc.rr.com] wrote:
> > Thanks, Daniel. I tried it but it didn't help...now I see
> > that it seems to be getting into a 'larger than the screen'
> > video mode even before I start X.  The Mandrake splash screen
> > that occurs during boot seems to be affected...I boot
> > to a console prompt (rather than X) and the problem exists
> > at that point.  Maybe I've got the wrong video driver?
> 
> It sounds like they used the console framebuffer.  If you have
> grub as your bootloader, edit /boot/grub/menu.lst and look for
> any vga= entries in the kernel lines.  If you're using lilo,
> look for vga= lines in /etc/lilo.conf.  Most likely you'll
> need to change these lines.
> 
> The format is documented in Documentation/fb/vesafb.txt in
> the kernel source, you should be able to get at it here:
> 
>   http://www.linuxhq.com/kernel/v2.4/doc/fb/vesafb.txt.html
> 
> You will probably need to reduce the number according to the
> charts in that web URL, and re-run `lilo` if you're using
> lilo, to change the settings.

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Chris Merrill
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