[ltp] How do I get a full-size console? TP600E and kernel 2.4.3

[D. Sen]

Do you have CONFIG_VT=y    ?

Tom Grydeland wrote:

> I am sorry -- this should be simple.
>
> I have recently upgraded "everything" on my old TP600E.  I went to
> RedHat 7.1 (since the Mandrake installation left me without a mouse),
> kernel 2.4.3, XFree86 4.0.3, the works.  (In the middle of this process,
> my 'pad has had three trips to the IBM repair center, but I hope it is
> well now.)
>
> Being of a kind that might consider working in the bare consoles from
> time to time, I definitely want to have the full-size screen in the
> consoles.  With the stock 2.4.2 kernel, this can be accomplished with
> a "vga=791" line in /etc/lilo.conf
>
> With the kernels I compile myself, I've been unable to make this work.
> Naturally, I configure
>
> CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y
>
> If I set
>
> CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=y
>
> I get blank consoles upon boot.  (backlight on -- no glyphs).  If I
> disable this option, I don't get the full-size console.  I've tried
> logging in on a blank console (typing blind) and then start X, but no
> luck -- not sure if I'm mistyping something or if I don't have a
> console at all.
>
> I notice Thomas Hood's .config
> <URL:http://panopticon.csustan.edu/thood/config-2.4.5-ac4>
> has CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT unset.
>
> I suspect I'm looking at the wrong configuration option.  Can someone
> please point me in the right direction?  I know this is possible.
>
> (As for other things -- I really like the new version of X, and I got
> the internal modem to work again after the upgrade with no trouble at
> all.  Haven't tried IR or sound yet.)
>
> --
> //Tom Grydeland <Tom.Grydeland@phys.uit.no>
>
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