Re: Framebuffer

2000-01-19 Thread Nalin Dahyabhai
On Mon, Jan 17, 2000 at 01:59:44PM -0800, Steve Dixon wrote: > is there a way to turn the console frame buffer off instead of having to > recompile the kernel? Boot with "vga=0". Nalin -- To unsubscribe: mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null

Re: Framebuffer

2000-01-19 Thread Nils Philippsen
On Mon, 17 Jan 2000, Steve Dixon wrote: > is there a way to turn the console frame buffer off instead of having to > recompile the kernel? Put "vga=normal" or "vga=ext" into /etc/lilo.conf and re-lilo. Nils -- Nils Philippsen / Berliner Straße 39 / D-71229 Leonberg // +49.7152.209647 [EMAIL P

Date wierdness

2000-01-19 Thread Ivan Jager
How can this be??? "today" is the same as "yesterday" or "tomorrow"!! [ivanj@radius ivanj]$ date Wed Jan 19 10:14:12 PYST 2000 [ivanj@radius ivanj]$ date --date yesterday Wed Jan 19 10:15:19 PYST 2000 [ivanj@radius ivanj]$ date --date tomorrow Wed Jan 19 10:15:27 PYST 2000 [ivanj@radius ivanj]$ d

Framebuffer

2000-01-19 Thread Steve Dixon
is there a way to turn the console frame buffer off instead of having to recompile the kernel? -- Steve Dixon Dpn, Incorporated System Administrator Phone - 702.873.3282 Email - [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe: mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null

Re: Framebuffer

2000-01-19 Thread Steve Dixon
even if i do put vga=normal or ask it will still switch back to using the frame buffer. Nils Philippsen wrote: > > On Mon, 17 Jan 2000, Steve Dixon wrote: > > > is there a way to turn the console frame buffer off instead of having to > > recompile the kernel? > > Put "vga=normal" or "vga=ext"