[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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