On 21 Sep 2002, Bob Raymond wrote: > On Sat, 2002-09-21 at 19:28, Keith Morse wrote: > > > > Just trying to find documentation where the different modes are defined. > > /usr/src/linux/Documentation/fb/modedb.txt > > substitute /usr/src/linux for wherever your kernel sources happen to > be. You might want to poke around the other files in the fb directory > while you're at it.
Thanks. But I'm still not finding what the actual numbers mean. For example, I use vga=792 on this particular host. Probably picked up that number from a posting on UseNet. But I don't know what video mode it represents. The grub documentation refers to /usr/src/linux/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt which in turn refers to /usr/src/linux/Documentation/i386/boot.txt. None of which have any specifics. I found reference to /usr/src/linux/Documentation/fb/vesafb.txt which has some info, though not much in the way of mode definitions. It makes mention of /usr/src/linux/Documentation/svga.txt, which agains tantalizes, but does not deliver. 792 is 0x318 hex but I could not back track how this number was derived. On Google, "vga=792" is found many times. I'm assuming it's the equivalent of 1024x768. It does work well and RedHat's init scripts don't muck it up as they do when using "vga=ask" and choosing a video mode there. _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
