changing to frame buffers

[Gregory Nowak]

Hi Chuck,

Don't know about frame buffers in 2.2.19, but I remember that they're there. I'm running 2.4.17 now, so can't help you there.
Below is the frame buffers line from lilo.conf that works for me.

# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x64k
 vga=791

This may or may not work for you once you get things set up in 2.2.19. What I did about the "holding my hand" problem is made a lilo boot disk vefore I started. That way, if things blew up after changing the vga stuff in lilo.conf and running lilo causing my system not to start, I just would simply boot from my lilo boot disk, and try again. Hth.
Greg


On Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 07:14:44AM -0500, Charles Hallenbeck wrote:
> I hope somebody has a few magic words of advice for me on this
> one:
> 
> When I first installed this Slackware 8.0 distribution I had the
> opportunity to choose between a standard console display and
> frame buffers. I chose the standard option. Now I wish I had
> chosen frame buffers, and cannot figure out how to change my
> ;mind. I have read most of the available docs, but apparently not
> the right one yet. I seem to recall that I made that choice when
> running the lilo configuration part of the installation
> procedure, but liloconfig no longer gives me any choices about
> frame buffers. I ran through my kernel configuration choices and
> find no mention there either of frame buffers (2.2.19). My
> lilo.conf file contains a long list of comment lines that appear
> to let me make that choice, but I am nervous about uncommenting
> any of them without someone holding my hand or giving me
> permission!
> 
> Any help or advice about how to do it, or what to read, will be
> greatly appreciated.
> 
> Chuck
> 
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