Re: [Devil-linux-develop] vesa

[Bruce S. <bw...@ar...>]

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                                                                    =
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  =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.)                                =
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  =81                                                                    =
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  =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