Re: Video mode selection on v2.0 vs. v2.1

Paul Gortmaker (paul@rasty.ph.unimelb.edu.au)
Fri, 20 Mar 1998 18:25:49 +1100 (EST)

> > I can't boot unattended and get the same mode with 2.1 - which is
> > kind of annoying. The following patch allows 2.0 compatibility in
> > that "vga=7" works on both kernels.
>
> You should look at the mode number displayed by "scan" and enter
> that number instead of the menu item number as a parameter for the
> vga= option (well, after converting it from hex to decimal).
>
> Martin

Of course you are right. I could have swore I tried that after reading
svga.txt, but I must have bungled something. I think I tried typing 0x123
at the `Enter mode or scan' prompt which it wouldn't accept (too many
chars) and then tried feeding it the decimal equiv. (291) which it said
was invalid. Had I simply put "vga=291" into the 2.1 section of
/etc/lilo.conf then it would have worked straight away.

The only change I could suggest now is this:

- .ascii "Enter mode number or `scan': "
+ .ascii "Enter mode number, hex ID (no leading 0x), or `scan': "

to prevent people like me from making the same silly mistake.

Thanks, and sorry for the semi-bogus report. One other person e-mailed me
saying that they made a similar mistake, so it was worth mentioning anyway.

Paul.

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