On Mon, Mar 02, 2009 at 06:08:59AM EST, Robert Latest wrote: > On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 2:42 AM, Chris Jones <cjns1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > This should get you up to speed re: the fb console: > > > > http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Framebuffer-HOWTO.html > > I had already looked at that document up to the point where it says: > > "Reboot the kernel, and as a simple test, try entering 0301 at the VGA > prompt (this will give you 640x480 @ 256), and you should be able to > see a cute little Penguin logo." > > This didn't work (I got an error message saying that this mode was > unavailable). I just rechecked the HOWTO and saw that there are many > more possible modes, and they are all of the (hexadecimal) form 0x###, > not (octal) 0###, maybe that's why it didn't work. Maybe omitting the > 'x' is a mis-print in the HOWTO, or maybe it's just the 0301 mode that > doesn't work on my card.
0x301 would be (256*3) + 1 = 769 decimal. As to some modes not being available with the generic vga driver, they may be available with the driver that's specific to your video card. CJ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org