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From: Horst von Brand <vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl>
To: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: 2.5.7x: No vga=0x317?
Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2003 15:51:31 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200307071951.h67JpVEp005152@eeyore.valparaiso.cl> (raw)

This is a Toshiba Satellite notebook 1800 (P3 mobile/1100, 256MiB RAM,
Trident CyberBlade XPAi1 (rev 82) graphics card; RH 9.

STFW for this machine I found that adding "vga=0x317" to the kernel args
uses the full screen on the virtual TTYs (normal is 80x24 in a small
rectangle at the center of the screen). I tried several 2.5 kernels, and
was convinced they didn't boot (no time to investigate further, sorry).
With 2.5.74 I noticed that the machine does in fact boot, but nothing at
all shows up on the screen until X starts. Deleting the "vga=..." stuff
shows the customary 80x24 rectangle, vga=ask gives a only a few 80x<mumble>
modes. The ones I tried are useless.

Anything I can try/hack to pieces? Not exactly urgent, but having
fullscreen vt's is quite nice.

Thanks!
-- 
Dr. Horst H. von Brand                   User #22616 counter.li.org
Departamento de Informatica                     Fono: +56 32 654431
Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria              +56 32 654239
Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile                Fax:  +56 32 797513

             reply	other threads:[~2003-07-07 19:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-07-07 19:51 Horst von Brand [this message]
2003-07-08 23:44 ` 2.5.7x: No vga=0x317? James Simmons
2003-07-09 19:58   ` Horst von Brand

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