Re: [Devil-linux-develop] vesa

[Heiko Z. <he...@zu...>]

Bruce Smith wrote:
>>Where  should we set the default resolution ? I would suggest 1024x768x256 .
> 
> 
> Is it safe to set a resolution that high?  Or are some PC's with cheap
> video cards going to have problems?  

Could be, I remember one PC heaving "lines". But I think that's quite a 
few Kernel releases ago.

> Would 800x600x256 be safer? (standard vga)

I don't know, we could start with this or just see if people run into 
problems with 1024x768x256.

> Also, is it possible to change it on boot prompt by typing in another
> value?  I tried "vga=ask", and it wouldn't take any of the 7xx values.

Hmmm, but specifying vga=7xx works ?

cya
   Heiko