On Tue, 2003-11-04 at 04:24, Artemio wrote: > > after upgrading to 2.4.22-18 the nice blue screen disappeared at startup > > ( the one with 9.2 in the bottom RH corner) > > It still starts up as graphical lilo then drops to text mode. > > In order to have graphical boot mode, you need to have 800x600 frame buffer > mode. The installation might have changed it to other mode. > > Checkout your /etc/lilo.conf. My config was like this to have 800x600 mode: > > ... > Wonder why the ability to do larger than 800x600 in fb was dropped. hmmm explains why I can't get FB on my 9.2 box when I had it in 9.1.
James > image=/boot/vmlinuz > label="mdk_linux" > root=/dev/hda1 > initrd=/boot/initrd.img > append="devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi acpi=ht resume=/dev/hda5 > splash=silent" > read-only > vga=788 > ^^^ > your vga mode > > ... > > You should have vga=788 in your boot kernel. > > Also, "splash=silent" append option changes the boot look (didn't test this - > it probably changes to verbose mode just if you pressed "esc"). > > > I have vga=791 for 1024x768 console, for example - just because I love the > oldschool kernel boot mode :-) > > > > Good luck and hope this works for you. > > > > Artemio. > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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