>On Tue, 2003-04-01 at 19:31, mtangolics@rcn.com wrote:
>
>
>>I've had a couple of problems with framebuffer console, when
>>compiling several different versions of the 2.5 kernel. I
>>included all the FB support, but when I boot up using, LILO
>>option, vga=791 or anything about normal, the screen either
>>goes black, and the system stops responding or the entire
>>screen becomes scrambled. I have an NVidia Geforce4 video
>>card if that matters. I've talked to a couple other users
>>who have encountered the same problem. It's most likely just
>>a stupid mistake on my part, but any help would be extremely
>>appreciated.
>>
>>
>
>What does your lilo.conf line for 2.5 look like?
>You may need to append some video information, eg.
>
>append="video=rivafb,xres:1024,yres:768,bpp:8"
>
>Matt
>
>
My lilo.conf line looks this generally:
I left out the minor numbers because I don't have a specific kernel
running right now..
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.5
root = /dev/hdb2
label = Linux-2.5
read-only
plus at the top:
vga=791
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