vga= in lilo.conf

2001-03-06 Thread Jonathan Matthews 
I'd like to have vga=9 (132Xsomething_or_other) in lilo.conf, but '9' as
an option only crops up after a manual 'scan' at the Press ENTER or
type SCAN to . .  prompt.

Lilo complains if I put vga=9 in, as it appears to be an invalid mode,
but it works after I 'scan' for possible video modes.

Any ideas on how to make it work nicely, without my having to be there
at the console at boot time?

Cheers!
jc

Re: vga= in lilo.conf

2001-03-06 Thread John Galt 

lilo uses hex notation...I can't remember if it'd be 0x09 or just 0x9.

On Tue, 6 Mar 2001, Jonathan Matthews wrote:

I'd like to have vga=9 (132Xsomething_or_other) in lilo.conf, but '9' as
an option only crops up after a manual 'scan' at the Press ENTER or
type SCAN to . .  prompt.

Lilo complains if I put vga=9 in, as it appears to be an invalid mode,
but it works after I 'scan' for possible video modes.

Any ideas on how to make it work nicely, without my having to be there
at the console at boot time?

Cheers!
jc





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Re: vga= in lilo.conf

2001-03-06 Thread M G Berberich 
Hello,

Am Tuesday, den 06. March 2001 20:15:48 schrieb Jonathan Matthews:
 I'd like to have vga=9 (132Xsomething_or_other) in lilo.conf, but '9' as
 an option only crops up after a manual 'scan' at the Press ENTER or
 type SCAN to . .  prompt.
 
 Lilo complains if I put vga=9 in, as it appears to be an invalid mode,
 but it works after I 'scan' for possible video modes.
 
 Any ideas on how to make it work nicely, without my having to be there
 at the console at boot time?

You have to specify the hex-number. Do a 'scan' and write down the
hex-number (p.e. 0xF05) then put 'vga = 0xF05' in lilo.conf (and run
lilo).

MfG
bmg

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Re: vga= in lilo.conf

2001-03-06 Thread Jonathan Matthews 
Thanks guys.
I had seen the hex mode numbers at the lilo stage, but then I remembered
doc/lilo/Manual.txt:

vga=mode  alters the VGA mode set at startup. The values  normal ,
extended ,  ask  or a decimal number are recognized. (See also
Booting
kernel images from a file.)

And so I didn't think that hex would work.

Moral Of The Story:
RTFM, but don't T(rust)TFM :)

jc