On Fri, Aug 06, 1999 at 03:32:08PM +0100, Tom Gallagher wrote:
> I know this doesn't happen very often but:-
>=20
> If the BIOS (or Boot ROM) leaves the screen not in the normal 80x25 text
> mode (in my case the screen was in 80x50 mode) then when the kernel boots=
it
> thinks the screen only has 25 lines so will scroll at line 25 rather than
> 50. The console is then totally messed up and no amount of setfont will
How about using vga =3D normal in /etc/lilo.conf?
man lilo.conf
You may have a look at=20
* restoretextmode
* SVGATextMode
* fbcon (/usr/src/linux/Documentation/svga.txt, fb/*)
Regards,
--=20
Kurt Garloff <garloff@suse.de> Wuppertal, FRG
PGP2 key: See mail header, key servers Linux kernel development
SuSE GmbH, N=FCrnberg, FRG SCSI drivers: tmscsim(DC390), DC395
--+HP7ph2BbKc20aGI
Content-Type: application/pgp-signature
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: 2.6.3in
iQCVAwUBN6r7hhaQN/7O/JIVAQEJhgQAiFZkktQQN7ODuJQCZPXsb9gBSj27Cr2q
t2IXdqYAK2oyMQI/jbw9ZH4JegO0e7C3zl+vl/Gkw9ZOcRbDrzYnxvavZFTaz/ZY
gScz0qP8jwBoq7zDqa3jw8+gDBISKoIqaRvnS4yxlpOQ1ythx6zFo2VAQNKXJUGE
3SKQ/IHzaI8=
=+Lln
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
--+HP7ph2BbKc20aGI--
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/