Re: virtual terminal not working compaq armada

Peter Baker wrote: hi, i have a compaq armada with debian installed x runs fine, but i when i switch to a virtual terminal ctrl alt f1, ctrl alt f2, etc , i get colored stripes down the screen, its just a mess. is this anything to do with my X settings? surely not? is there any setting that

Re: virtual terminal not working compaq armada

z Try booting with the parameter vga=normal or vga=791, and see if it solves your problem. If it does, add it to your /etc/lilo.conf (or what boot loader you are using), and run /sbin/lilo. even thought that solved the problem, i seem to get the same problem again now... i have been installing

Re: virtual terminal not working compaq armada

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 05 November 2003 06:06 pm, Alexander Schmehl wrote: [ sending mail to the list, since it might be worth to be kept in the archive ] Good morning, * navaja [EMAIL PROTECTED] [031105 16:07]: thanks, changing to vga=791 worked...

Re: virtual terminal not working compaq armada

* Peter Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] [031105 12:16]: i have a compaq armada with debian installed x runs fine, but i when i switch to a virtual terminal ctrl alt f1, ctrl alt f2, etc , i get colored stripes down the screen, its just a mess. is this anything to do with my X settings? surely not?

Re: virtual terminal not working compaq armada

i have a compaq armada with debian installed x runs fine, but i when i switch to a virtual terminal ctrl alt f1, ctrl alt f2, etc , i get colored stripes down the screen, its just a mess. is this anything to do with my X settings? surely not? is there any setting that changes how the virtual

Re: virtual terminal not working compaq armada

Try booting with the parameter vga=normal or vga=791, and see if it solves your problem. If it does, add it to your /etc/lilo.conf (or what boot loader you are using), and run /sbin/lilo. thanks, changing to vga=791 worked... what does it do? pete -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: virtual terminal not working compaq armada

[ sending mail to the list, since it might be worth to be kept in the archive ] Good morning, * navaja [EMAIL PROTECTED] [031105 16:07]: thanks, changing to vga=791 worked... what does it do? You can run the Text-Console in different graphic modes. That is called framebuffer mode. With

virtual terminal not working compaq armada

hi, i have a compaq armada with debian installed x runs fine, but i when i switch to a virtual terminal ctrl alt f1, ctrl alt f2, etc , i get colored stripes down the screen, its just a mess. is this anything to do with my X settings? surely not? is there any setting that changes how the