On 5/23/2000 10:01, Mircea Luca at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Yeap,as I mentioned it's not the lilo prompt,I got that one by
> installing the sl-lilo.I do have the Stormix cd
> but I don't know what to look for and couldn't find anything on the
> web,not even in the framebuffer how-to.Looks like it's a well guarded
> secret,not for newbies or users to tamper with.:-) .Gee..sometimes I
> really miss some things in Windows and MacOS .:-(
Ok. I went back and searched my archives about this issue and here's what I
came up with. An email from Stephen Ness about how the framebuffer was set
up:
> Also, note that I used the VGA16 framebuffer in the kernel to ensure
> compatibility with as many video cards as possible. There are lots more
> framebuffer devices you can use, for example the VESA framebuffer, which
> gives you lots more options, bigger screen, deeper bit depth, and is
> faster, but your video card has to support them. To use these
> framebuffers, you compile them into your kernel, it's under "Console
> drivers" when you "make menuconfig" on the kernel. (ok sness, slow down,
> too much information. :)
I haven't looked at this yet but I hope it points you in the right direction
to search on.
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