Re: [Devil-linux-develop] vesa

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

> >>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.

Sure, we can try it on a beta release and see what happens.

> > 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 ?

I only tried one, vga=773, and it worked fine for me.

I was thinking of the "prompt" parameter in the isolinux.cfg.
Would turning on prompt let us change the vga value?

 - BS