[ltp] Another comment VESA framebuffer console

Paul Barrett linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
Thu, 26 Aug 1999 09:12:24 -0400 (EDT)


Bryan Liles writes:
 > Paul Barrett  0, Paul Barrett <Barrett@stsci.edu> wrote:
 > > 
 > > Well, with respect to my previous message, "[ltp] Re: Full screen
 > > console om 770Z!!!", I found that the two problems were do to a
 > > configuration error on my part.  Once, I corrected this problem, I
 > > found that the 'cyber_shadow' option needs to be re-invoked, as one
 > > might expect.
 > 
 > I use mode 307 and the vesa driver.  The only problem that I have is that I 
 > can't add vga=775 to the boot string.  I have a 770 with a 13.7" lcd. 

You appear to have a 1280x1024 LCD screen given mode 307, whereas I
have a 1024x768 LCD screen and have to use modes 305, 316, or 317.
None of these modes make any difference.  I guess that I'll have to
take a look at the source code when I find the time.

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