[ltp] T21 Savage driver issues (Was: T21 -- RH 7.1 no MPEGs

[Friedemann Baitinger]

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On Tue, 8 May 2001, Markus Alt wrote:

> "D. Sen" wrote:
> 
> [snip]
> 
> > I use vga=0x33b (1400x1050x8bits). Switching between VTs and X has been
> > working since I switched BIOSes. I can also get out of X and back to a VT.
> > With or without an external monitor.
> 
> Tried it, but LILO didn't take the hex value. After converting it to
> decimal, i.e. 827, it worked (with LCD), although 1400x1050 on the
> console is a bit too much for me ... ;-) But of course this could be the
> reason for the problems I had: I've never used 1400x1050 (the same
> resolution as for X); always tried 1280x1024 or 1024x768.

I'm using the following in my /etc/lilo.conf:

[baiti@blackbox baiti]$ cat /etc/lilo.conf 
append="ramdisk_size=0 hdc=cdrom video=vesa:mtrr,ywrap"
vga=0x33b

With this setting I can switch from X to the VCs and I can also
terminate X and be back in a working console. Still I don't consider
this a solution to the problems at hand. Let me make one example: I am
packaging my own little distribution which completely boots off of one
CD and it is built such that it could be used in (ideally) any PC
without ever loading anything onto the disk. In such a scenario I can
obviously not hardcode any such vga settings into the bootup. Ultimately
switching into VCs from X and terminating X to be back on a visible
console _must_ work without playing such tricks.


> 
> Can't check it now with the external display, but I will give it a try
> tomorrow in the office. I'll let you know how it goes. For the moment
> thanks a lot for the hint!

The setup (circumvention, not solution) works for me also with an
external monitor attached, however, the Fn-F7 is still only a 2-way
toggle. Either I see a display on the LCD or on the external monitor but
never on both. Obviously also _not_ an acceptable solution in many
presentation environments as you as the presenter are not supposed to
look at the wall to see what you present.

- -- 
Friedemann Baitinger      fb@baiti.net       http://baiti.net/fb/
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