On Mon, 2002-09-23 at 17:15, Keith Morse wrote: > On 21 Sep 2002, Bob Raymond wrote: > > > On Sat, 2002-09-21 at 19:28, Keith Morse wrote: > > > > > > Just trying to find documentation where the different modes are defined. > > > > /usr/src/linux/Documentation/fb/modedb.txt > > > > substitute /usr/src/linux for wherever your kernel sources happen to > > be. You might want to poke around the other files in the fb directory > > while you're at it. > > Thanks. But I'm still not finding what the actual numbers mean. For > example, I use vga=792 on this particular host. Probably picked up that > number from a posting on UseNet. But I don't know what video mode it > represents. The grub documentation refers to > /usr/src/linux/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt which in turn refers to > /usr/src/linux/Documentation/i386/boot.txt. None of which have any > specifics. I found reference to > /usr/src/linux/Documentation/fb/vesafb.txt which has some info, though not > much in the way of mode definitions. It makes mention of > /usr/src/linux/Documentation/svga.txt, which agains tantalizes, but does > not deliver. > > 792 is 0x318 hex but I could not back track how this number was derived. > On Google, "vga=792" is found many times. I'm assuming it's the > equivalent of 1024x768. It does work well and RedHat's init scripts don't > muck it up as they do when using "vga=ask" and choosing a video mode > there.
That should be 1024x768 at 16 bit color. I use 794, which is 1280x1024 at 16 bit color. _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
