On Sun, Mar 05, 2000 at 04:19:22PM +0200, Denis J. Cirulis wrote: > Hello ! > > I have ATI AGP card,debian potato with compiled in atifb module. I read all > the stuff in Framebuffer-HOWTO like : > > /etc/lilo.config > > vga=792 > append="video=matrox:...." and so on > > When i'm booting linux i see very nice penguin logo but my console is still > 640x480-256 , not the mode i mentioned in lilo. > After the boot process i can make fbset -a "1024x768-75" and i have very nice > large console.
In LILO, you need to use the hex version of your setting. From looking at Documentation/fb/matroxfb.txt in the kernel source, you want either "vga=0x318" or it might be "vga=0x118" (which I assume is 1024x768 at 32bbp). Ben -- -----------=======-=-======-=========-----------=====------------=-=------ / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=========------=======-------------=-=-----=-===-======-------=--=---'
