I'd like to have vga=9 (132Xsomething_or_other) in lilo.conf, but '9' as
an option only crops up after a manual 'scan' at the Press ENTER or
type SCAN to . . prompt.
Lilo complains if I put vga=9 in, as it appears to be an invalid mode,
but it works after I 'scan' for possible video modes.
Any
lilo uses hex notation...I can't remember if it'd be 0x09 or just 0x9.
On Tue, 6 Mar 2001, Jonathan Matthews wrote:
I'd like to have vga=9 (132Xsomething_or_other) in lilo.conf, but '9' as
an option only crops up after a manual 'scan' at the Press ENTER or
type SCAN to . . prompt.
Lilo
to be an invalid mode,
but it works after I 'scan' for possible video modes.
Any ideas on how to make it work nicely, without my having to be there
at the console at boot time?
You have to specify the hex-number. Do a 'scan' and write down the
hex-number (p.e. 0xF05) then put 'vga = 0xF05
Thanks guys.
I had seen the hex mode numbers at the lilo stage, but then I remembered
doc/lilo/Manual.txt:
vga=mode alters the VGA mode set at startup. The values normal ,
extended , ask or a decimal number are recognized. (See also
Booting
kernel images from a file.)
And so I
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