From: Bruce S. <bw...@ar...> - 2003-09-03 20:39:39
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On Wed, 2003-09-03 at 16:27, Heiko Zuerker wrote: > On 09/03/2003 04:07:20 PM Bruce Smith wrote: > >> for a long time I wanted to add vesa support and run my textmode in = a > >> higher resolution. > >> I didn't do it because I had some issues on some computers. > >> > >> But since Bruce wrote that nice script to modify files on the CD, we > >could > >> offer a way to change the "VGA=3D" boot parameter. > > > >I'll try it! > > > >What file do we change? Do you have a list of the VGA=3D values handy= ? >=20 > Do the following to quickly try it: > Go into the Kernel directory and modify it via "make menuconfig". > Then do a "build/build.sh build opt=3Dlinux" and a "make clean install = iso". As far as I can tell, it's already turned on. This option is selected: =81 CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT: = =81 =81 = =81 =81 This enables support for text mode selection on kernel startup. If = =81 =81 you want to take advantage of some high-resolution text mode your = =81 =81 card's BIOS offers, but the traditional Linux utilities like = =81 =81 SVGATextMode don't, you can say Y here and set the mode using the = =81 =81 "vga=3D" option from your boot loader (lilo or loadlin) or set = =81 =81 "vga=3Dask" which brings up a video mode menu on kernel startup. (T= ry =81 =81 "man bootparam" or see the documentation of your boot loader about = =81 =81 how to pass options to the kernel.) = =81 =81 = =81 =81 Read the file Documentation/svga.txt for more information = =81 =81 about the Video mode selection support. If unsure, say N. = =81 =20 Now to find the loadlin file on the CD where I add "VGA=3D" ... - BS |