On Fri, 03 Nov 2000 16:48:53 Alexander Skwar wrote: > So sprach Marco Fioretti am Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 12:41:16PM +0100: > > I have a fixed frequency monitor, so I have to be sure that the > > mode is right before doing that. What I was looking for is > > If I'm not totally wrong, the actual resolution (x Pixels by y Pixels) > doesn't change at all, no matter what text resolution you choose. IIRC the > text resolution just changes the size of a font while always staying at 640 > Pixels x 200 Pixels (or something like this). So, if I'm correct, if one > text resolution works, all the standards (80x25, 80x40, 80x50) will work. > Tricky to find, but got it. The problem is that all that modes are text modes for a fixed standard VESA resolution and refresh rate, I suppose that 640x480x60HZ. If your monitor does not support that rate, don't work (I fighted time ago with a Sony GDM from a Sun attached to a PC..., only worked at 1280x1024x8bits, that gave just the right dot freqs...) Without frame-buffer support, you need to find a VESA mode that fits your mon. Attacched goes the modeDB.txt from XFree sources (hard to find without downloading the 30Mb of sources), which tells the WxHxFreq (line 648) of the standard modes. If the mode supported by your monitor is there, find which VESA mode from ftp://ftp.vesa.org/pub/VBE/vbe3.pdf (also attached) fits, and get the number. Then give this in lilo.conf as vga=<mode code>. Warning: don't remember if vga= eats mode numbers in hex or dec, prefixed or non with 0x. Check for the correct syntax. If the native (and only mode) for your monitor does not fit any of the VESA modes, you will need full fb support. Compile it in the kernel, and read linux/Documentation/fb/*. There says something about adding 0x200 to feed the mode to lilo. I have more detailed info such as which bit depth is each vesa mode, but only in paper from an oldie S3801. If i can scan it, i'll send you a PNG. Hope this helps you. -- Juan Antonio Magallon Lacarta #> cd /pub mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] #> more beer
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