Debian Well Underway

[Steve Holmes]

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Yes, it looks like the exact same kernel here.  Wonder if I need to
have some frame buffer packages installed or something.  I began
looking at the console related stuff but haven't uncovered anything
yet.  Still looking for ideas.

On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 04:11:43AM -0400, Chuck Hallenbeck wrote:
> Steve,
> 
> uname -a tells me:
> Linux cq 2.6.26-1-686 #1 SMP Wed Sep 10 16:46:13 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
> 
> Straight from the archives, never touched by human hands. My
> motherboard is an Intel 945G
> 
> Chuck
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 09:17:22PM -0700, Steve Holmes wrote:
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> > I sure wish I could get that.  I wonder if the kernels are different
> > or if the lilo stuff isn't passing the command line parm right.  I
> > wonder about the frame buffer issue.  As soon as I get through with
> > the mail here, I'm gonna follow Samuel's advice and look for any
> > console file s in /etc; maybe that will give me some clues.  When I
> > was in gnome on slackware, I really liked the extra wide screen plus
> > the 48 lines or so.
> > 
> > On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 07:33:14PM -0400, Chuck Hallenbeck wrote:
> > > Steve,
> > > 
> > > On my Lenny system I have added the kernel command line option vga=791
> > > in my grub configuration, and it gives me 128 by 48  screens.
> > > 
> > > Chuck
> > > 
> > > On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 02:31:26PM -0700, Steve Holmes wrote:
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> > > > Well, I got Debian going pretty well now.  I got ALSA working with the
> > > > proper order of sound cards, my network is using static address as I
> > > > wish, and the default kernel supports NTFS so am able to read and
> > > > write to my ntfs file system from normal users.
> > > > 
> > > > I do have one question that is bugging me.  I can't seem to get the
> > > > console to go into any mode other than 25X80 mode.  Even at the boot
> > > > prompt or in lilo.conf, I can specify vga=791 (first choice,
> > > > vga=extended (should give me 50 lines) but no matter what, I boot and
> > > > always get the 25 lines.  Under slackware, I got 50 lines all the time
> > > > with vga=extended.  So I think there is something in Debian that is
> > > > overriding me or Deb don't like my video card.  Is there something
> > > > else I should be looking for to control this?  My biggest herdle now
> > > > is to learn the configuration environment of Debian.  I'm used to
> > > > editing configuration files and Debian has got these config scripts to
> > > > simplify thing; I just need to learn them.
> > > > 
> > > > I appreciate the help and the help previously given me concerning the
> > > > boot problems.
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks.
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