On Mon, 21 Jun 1999, Oden Eriksson wrote:

> Hi
> 
> > BTW, this problem seems specific to Mandrake, since I did a clean install of
> > Redhat 5.2 and it allowed me to preset VGA mode.
> 
> I think you have to recompile the kernel to get it supported, but you 
> knew that ?

 Default mandrake kernel supports this, see below

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I'll repost this to [EMAIL PROTECTED] now that i've settled my
argument with majordomo

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Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 23:32:37 -0400 (EDT)
From: Axalon Bloodstone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: W. Sanford May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [expert] VGA Mode Presetting & Mandrake 6.0


You need to install the updated lilo, should be on your favorite mirror

On Sun, 20 Jun 1999, W. Sanford May wrote:

> I'm running Mandrake 6.0 on an Inspiron 7000 and I need to be able to preset
> the VGA mode in lilo.conf in order to bring up X on my system.  When I add
> the vga= line to my lilo.conf and run /sbin/lilo I get a "VGA Mode
> presetting is not supported by your kernel" message.  I'm assuming there has
> to be some way to enable VGA mode presetting.
>
> BTW, this problem seems specific to Mandrake, since I did a clean install of
> Redhat 5.2 and it allowed me to preset VGA mode.
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated.
>
> thanks...
>
> sanford
>

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