On Fri, 02 Jun 2006 22:49:45 +1200 Rik Tindall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Nick Rout wrote: > > On Fri, 02 Jun 2006 22:08:40 +1200 > > Rik Tindall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Hmmm. This is the part that I need to master too. All I can say is that > >> the Debian / FreeBSD & Gnome distros I use start up in a grotty little > >> window of all black screen, until X starts. > > > > Ahhhhhhhhhhhh so gnome affects the console resolution before X starts. > > > > Interesting. > > > > mental note to file a gnome bug about that. > > No. A kernel compilation flag is implicated. Or maybe GRUB - that's what > first shows up window-framed-like - perhaps it's Lilo that works > framebuffer differently. And only on my laptop's video subsystem, that > I've seen. I know the effect you are referring to, I was just puzzled that you associated it with gnome. > > YMMV. > > Have you been on the plonk too? Pardon?
