On Tuesday 18 May 2004 08:58 am, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > On Tue, 2004-05-18 at 10:17, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > > On Tuesday 18 May 2004 09:40 am, JoeHill wrote: > > -> > > ->Since I installed my PCI graphics card, all has been swell. Not as > > swell as the ->old AGP, but swell. > > -> > > ->Only problem is on boot, it apparently doesn't like this bit in my > > ->/etc/lilo.conf: > > -> > > ->vga=794 > > -> > > ->because I get the error something like 'mode passed undavailabe', and I > > have to ->choose one of those icky 80x60 resolutions. > > -> > > ->I'm thinkin' what I need to do is have the new nvidia drivers loaded at > > boot, so ->that the framebuffer is available? Am I on the right track? > > -> > > ->If this is the case, is it something I add to my /etc/modules.conf? > > -> > > ->Thanks all! > > > > Joe, have you tried a different setting? I'm using "vga=791" here... > > > > Just a thought... > > The following matrix shows the kernel mode numbers for most resolutions > allowed for in Vesa fb mode. You do not need to convert these numbers > to their decimal equivalents (i.e., "vga=791") in order to use them in > lilo.conf. Instead you can plug them directly in until you get a > winner. My lilo conf reads: > > vga=0x31A > > | 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024 > > ----+------------------------------------- > 256 | 0x301 0x303 0x305 0x307 > 32k | 0x310 0x313 0x316 0x319 > 64k | 0x311 0x314 0x317 0x31A > 16M | 0x312 0x315 0x318 0x31B > > LX
Colors (depth) 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024 1600x1200 ---------------+-------+-------+--------+---------+--------- 256 ( 8 bit)| 769 771 773 775 796 32,768 (15 bit)| 784 787 790 793 797 65,536 (16 bit)| 785 788 791 794 798 16.8M (24 bit)| 786 789 792 795 799 just for grins, here's the decimal matrix. :) -- Alan
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