Re: [newbie] Text Mode Framebuffer

2004-05-25 Thread JoeHill
On Mon, 24 May 2004 17:44:23 -0700 Asa Rossoff disseminated the following: > I just did a search and saw that there were some solutions to this issue > posted on the mandrake-expert list, although Joe wasn't able to get a > workable setup. > > For the record: > 1) vga=ASK in lilo.conf does not al

Re: [newbie] Text Mode Framebuffer

2004-05-24 Thread Asa Rossoff
Asa Rossoff said: > JoeHill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > I'm not sure it's the value I'm using, since I tried changing it to vga=791 > > to no avail. Isn't there some need to have the nvidia module loaded at first > > boot for framebuffer mode to work? > > > > Would it make a difference using the

Re: [newbie] Text Mode Framebuffer

2004-05-18 Thread Asa Rossoff
JoeHill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > I'm not sure it's the value I'm using, since I tried changing it to vga=791 to > no avail. Isn't there some need to have the nvidia module loaded at first boot > for framebuffer mode to work? > > Would it make a difference using the decimal value vs. the other?

Re: [newbie] Text Mode Framebuffer

2004-05-18 Thread Alan Shoemaker
On Tuesday 18 May 2004 09:33 am, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > On Tue, 2004-05-18 at 12:14, Alan Shoemaker wrote: > > 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: > > > > -> > > > > ->Si

Re: [newbie] Text Mode Framebuffer

2004-05-18 Thread JoeHill
On Tue, 18 May 2004 09:14:30 -0700 Alan Shoemaker disseminated the following: > > vga=0x31A > > > > | 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024 > > > > +- > > 256 | 0x3010x3030x3050x307 > > 32k | 0x3100x3130x3160x319 > > 64k | 0x311

Re: [newbie] Text Mode Framebuffer

2004-05-18 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Tue, 2004-05-18 at 12:14, Alan Shoemaker wrote: > 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

Re: [newbie] Text Mode Framebuffer

2004-05-18 Thread Alan Shoemaker
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 prob

Re: [newbie] Text Mode Framebuffer

2004-05-18 Thread Ronald J. Hall
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 l

Re: [newbie] Text Mode Framebuffer

2004-05-18 Thread JoeHill
On Tue, 18 May 2004 09:40:13 -0400 JoeHill disseminated the following: > 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? ...jus

[newbie] Text Mode Framebuffer

2004-05-18 Thread JoeHill
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