Randy Welch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Guillaume Cottenceau wrote:
> >
> > Randy Welch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > > Snapped cooker yesterday to install on my ThinkPad A20p. ( Try out the
> > > new features KDE2, etc withought upsetting my main machine. All went
> > > really well, even more so than 7.1. The only problem came after I had
> > > installed and wanted to use the fb kernel so that X would work on the
> > > machine. The only problem was that as soon as the kernel booted the
> > > screen would blank to never be seen again.
> > >
> > > I finally grabbed the 2.2.16 kernels for the 7.1 distribution and those
> > > worked correctly and I now have X running. Something to look at for
> > > those folks who need FB devices...
> >
> > This usually happens on laptops with unsupported resolutions/frequencies.
> > Are you sure the settings (e.g. wanted resolution) of the two kernels were
> > the same?
> >
>
> The display would go away even with *no* vga entry specified in
> /etc/lilo. This only happened on the using the fb kernel. It did seem
Be careful, there can be (and must be, in your case, otherwise the video
mode is not changed) a hardcoded default vga mode in the kernel.
have a look at rdev(8).
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Guillaume Cottenceau -- Distribution Developer for MandrakeSoft
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/
