> The KNOPPIX distro is using the vesafb but would you please help me in finding the configuration to be changed to get the result. > I am having 2MB VRAM. and I think my card supports VESA 1.2
AFAIK only VESA 2.0 compliant cards work with vesafb. The kernel should have compiled with: CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=yes CONFIG_FB=yes CONFIG_FB_VESA=yes For getting say, 800x600x24, at Grub prompt: root (hd1,6) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.5.43-uk-20021022-0343 root=1647 video=vesa vga=789 initrd /boot/initrd-2.5.43-uk-20021022-0343 boot > area >= 25x80 Unni.
