question about menu.lst config

RMXO · Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2002 2:18 am Post subject: question about menu.lst config

im currently on my 6th gentoo install. every install is an adventure. i think its time for me to stop being so anal & just try to fix wutever probs i have then to just start over. yes, being unemployed gives u lots of time.

my question is:

i added vga=791 to my menu.lst & it worked for me but recently when i have that option in my menu.lst. after a reboot i get a blank screen after it past grub.

eg:

kernel /boot/bzImage root=/dev/hda3 hdc-ide-scsi vga=791

after 2 install & a bunch of kernel re-compile i figured it out. i took out vga=791 & everything worked fine. am i missing something in my kernel that is causing vga=791 not to work?

my hardware:

Dell Latitude C800
512MB Ram
16MB ATI Rage128 M4 Mobility
20gb HDD
DVD
CDRW

thanks,
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masseya · Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2002 8:18 am Post subject:

Just out of curiousity, what is that option supposed to do? If it works without that option, you could certainly just leave it like that. I generally don't stare at my grub menu screen. I'm normally tapping the enter key so it will get to the good part.

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mksoft · l33t Joined: 28 May 2002 Posts: 844

Is vga=791 a framebuffer mode :?:

if so, make sure you have framebuffer support in the kernel.

Try using different modes as well.
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reves · Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2002 4:23 pm Post subject:

RMXO · Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2002 8:13 pm Post subject:

okie. found out i left out some options in frame buffer.

thanks
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