On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 19:27:26 -0500 Mike Hicks <hick0088 at tc.umn.edu> wrote: > Hmm. I don't know why Linux would mess up the video like that on > boot. Usually, the video mode stays the same until you start up X, > unless the kernel has a vga=xxx option set in the bootloader to change > to a different text mode or to enable framebuffer console on a system > that has it built into the kernel. > > Alternatively, there's a moderate chance that enabling the framebuffer > would help in this situation. > Here's my lilo.conf (the vga=773 line is the same on my other Slack boxes): # LILO configuration file # generated by 'liloconfig' # # Start LILO global section boot = /dev/hda message = /boot/boot_message.txt prompt timeout = 1200 # Override dangerous defaults that rewrite the partition table: change-rules reset # VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x256 vga = 773 # Normal VGA console # vga = normal # VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x64k # vga=791 # VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x32k # vga=790 # VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x256 # vga=773 # VESA framebuffer console @ 800x600x64k # vga=788 # VESA framebuffer console @ 800x600x32k # vga=787 # VESA framebuffer console @ 800x600x256 # vga=771 # VESA framebuffer console @ 640x480x64k # vga=785 # VESA framebuffer console @ 640x480x32k # vga=784 # VESA framebuffer console @ 640x480x256 # vga=769 # End LILO global section # DOS bootable partition config begins other = /dev/hda1 label = DOS table = /dev/hda # DOS bootable partition config ends # Linux bootable partition config begins image = /boot/vmlinuz root = /dev/hda2 label = Linux read-only # Linux bootable partition config ends > Also, GeForce cards will auto-detect the presence of an S-Video > output, from what I recall, so you might want to try plugging in a TV > to see if anything is coming out that port when the system is booting. > Our TV has an S-video input on it, but it's never worked. =( So, I'm out on that test. -- Shawn The difficult we do today; the impossible take a little longer. Ne Obliviscaris -- "Forget Not" _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list