>> With VGA_CONSOLE I get the old stream of message output and I've given
>> the lilo prompt ...
>> vga="ask,mode=0778"
>> vga=vesa:redraw
> I'm sure you didn't find these options anywhere as both of them make no sense.
> Just use "vga=ask" and enter mode "0303" to get 800x600x8.
From vesafb.txt......
The graphic modes are not in the list which you get if you boot with
vga=ask and hit return. Here are some mode numbers:
| 640x480 800x600 1024x768
----+---------------------------
256 | 0x101 0x103 0x105
32k | 0x110 0x113 0x116
64k | 0x111 0x114 0x117
16M | 0x112 0x115 0x118
Note 1: this are the VESA mode numbers. The video mode select code
expects 0x200 + VESA mode number.
Note 2: lilo can't handle hex, for booting with "vga=??" you have to
transform the numbers to decimal.
=================================================
So I figured 0x105 + 0x200 = 0x305 = 0773 decimal, one of the numerous ones I
tried and got "bad mode number", then I selected (8) 030A from the menu as it
was one of the ones listed, the docs did say the VESA modes would not be
displayed.
I recompiled with different options this time.......
# CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE is not set
CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=y
CONFIG_FB=y
CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_FB_VGA=y
CONFIG_FB_VESA=y
CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=y
# CONFIG_FB_MDA is not set
# CONFIG_FB_VIRTUAL is not set
# CONFIG_FBCON_ADVANCED is not set
CONFIG_FBCON_CFB8=y
CONFIG_FBCON_CFB16=y
CONFIG_FBCON_CFB32=y
CONFIG_FBCON_VGA=y
CONFIG_FBCON_FONTS=y
CONFIG_FONT_8x8=y
CONFIG_FONT_8x16=y
# CONFIG_FONT_SUN8x16 is not set
# CONFIG_FONT_SUN12x22 is not set
# CONFIG_FONT_6x11 is not set
# CONFIG_FONT_PEARL_8x8 is not set
# CONFIG_FONT_ACORN_8x8 is not set
On bootup, I got the same "invalid mode number" message when I entered 0303, so
I selected (8) 030A and it all came up with the normal full screen of messages,
I didn't see the logo, may be it came up when I was distracted.
Now dmesg says for the first time ..........
Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 132x43
fb0: VGA frame buffer device, using 32K of video memory
[barrabas:~]# fbset -s
mode "name"
# H: 20.703 kHz, V: 52.546 Hz
geometry 1056 344 1056 992 4
timings 39722 40 24 39 9 96 2
endmode
I reckon it had to be problems with the kernel config, I'm fairly certain this
is the first time I selected CONFIG_FB_VGA as well as CONFIG_FB_VESA. I shall
try my other machine later, reckon it will be OK with the same config.
Thanks and Regards
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... Sid Boyce...Amdahl(Europe)...44-121 422 0375
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