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Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2000 05:23:09 -0500
From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com>
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To: Narancs 1 <narancs1@externet.hu>
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Subject: Re: vesafb doesn't work in 240t10?
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Narancs 1 wrote:
> I used to start vesafb like this:
> /etc/lilo.conf:
> vga=317

> I want to start the kernel in 1024x768 16 bit
> How to do it?
> I've read Doc*/fb/vesafb.txt

vga takes a decimal number, but the number in vesafb.txt is
hexidecimal.  Let us convert 0x317 to decimal:

[jgarzik@rum linux_2_4]$ perl -e 'printf "%d\n", 0x317;'
791

So, use "vga=791" in your lilo.conf.

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