Actually, you were correct, I merely misunderstood. The 100x30 option was
number 9, and I put in a hex 9 (0x0009). But when you use ask and then the
scan process, it does list a hex for the mode. I put that in (0x0122) and
now it works...
THANX!! sorry for the misunderstanding too...
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ron Greer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, May 19, 2000 1:31 PM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: RE: [expert] question about LILO
>
>
> actually, I was told you had to do it in hex... I may be wrong though.
> -=Ron=-
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wizaerd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, May 19, 2000 3:06 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [expert] question about LILO
>
>
> But wouldn't this have the same effect as putting the decimal
> number in? I
> tried this, and LILO reported I had used an unavailable option, thus
> requiring I go through the ask portion and type in 'scan' again...
>
> The original modes are 0-6 and after scan there are 7,8,9,a,b are added...
> it's 9 I'm looking to use permanently. When I specified 9 in the vga line
> in LILO and the next bootup it said it was an unavailable option.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ron Greer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Friday, May 19, 2000 12:34 PM
> > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> > Subject: RE: [expert] question about LILO
> >
> >
> > Ummm... sure :)
> > edit /etc/lilo.conf
> > specify like... vga=0x317...
> > Basically whatever number you used in decimal (Should be probably in the
> > 600's or above) convert to hexadecimal and put it there.
> > Make sure you run 'lilo' after making this change.
> > -=Ron=-
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Wizaerd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Friday, May 19, 2000 2:31 PM
> > To: Expert Mandrake List
> > Subject: [expert] question about LILO
> >
> >
> > I'm using LILO when I boot up my system, and it uses the vga=ask
> > line it it
> > for setting the consoles video mode. However, when it asks I can either
> > type in 0-6 to use one of the presets (all of which are 80
> > column) or I can
> > type the word scan, which gives me additional options (one of which is
> > 100x30)...
> >
> > However, I cannot set LILO to use any of those additional
> options without
> > performing the scan. Does anyone know of a way to use one of those
> > additional video modes without having to use vga=ask and then
> > typing 'scan'
> > upon bootup to set it?
> >
> > thanx!
> >
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